Archives: Cancer Epidemiology

Sunday, June 17, 2018

Surveillance of cancer risks for firefighters, police, and armed forces among men in a Canadian census cohort

Firefighters, police, and armed services may be exposed to hazards such as combustion by‐products and shift work.The CanCHEC cohort linked 1991 census data to the Canadian cancer registry for follow up. Cox proportional hazards modeling was used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) to estimate risks for firefighter,... More

Thursday, March 1, 2018

Prostate cancer surveillance by occupation and industry

This is another article in a large series of papers done using the 1991 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC), making use of the linkage to the Canadian Cancer Database (1969-2010). This series, some of which are profiled on our lab website, examines cancer risks by occupation and industry. This research is led by... More

Friday, August 18, 2017

Sedentary work and the risks of colon and rectal cancer by anatomical sub-site in the Canadian census health and environment cohort (CanCHEC)

M Pahwa, MA Harris, J MacLeod, M Tjepkema, PA Peters, PA Demers Cancer epidemiology 49, 144-151 Background Sedentary behaviour is a potential risk factor for colorectal cancer. We examined the association between sedentary work, based on body position, and colorectal cancer risk in Canadians. Methods A working body position category (a. sitting;... More

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