Cancer of mouth, throat more common in concreters
28 June 2011
Reinforced concreting, logging and cattle farming top a list of occupations carrying a raised risk of cancer of the mouth and throat.
Researchers examined the jobs of more than 1800 Europeans with these cancers, including cancer of the oral cavity, oesophagus (gullet) and larynx (voicebox), comparing them with a control group of healthy people without cancer (International Journal of Cancer 2011, online 13 Jun).
In men, there was a 58 per cent increased risk of these cancers for bricklayers and a 74 per cent increase for painters, while in roofers and dockers the risk of cancer doubled, and for road construction workers, concreters, loggers and cattle farmers it was increased threefold.
Last Reviewed: 28 June 2011
- 1. Richiardi L, Corbin M, Marron M, et al. Occupation and risk of upper aerodigestive tract cancer: The ARCAGE study. Int J Cancer 2011 Jun 13. doi: 10.1002/ijc.26237. [Epub ahead of print]. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijc.26237/abstract (accessed Jun 2011).
