Occupational exposure to asbestos and ovarian cancer: A meta-analysis

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1211-1217

  Constanza Camargo, M ^a   Stayner, Leslie T ^a   Straif, Kurt ^b   Reina, Margarita ^a   Al Alem, Umaima ^a   Demers, Paul A ^c   Landrigan, Philip J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Chrysotile; Crocidolite; Meta analysis; Ovarian cancer; SMR

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ASBESTOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OVARY CANCER; PERITONEUM MESOTHELIOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ADULT; ASBESTOS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 80052310572     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1003283     Document Type: Review

References (82)

1. Acheson ED, Gardner MJ, Pippard EC, Grime LP. 1982. Mortality of two groups of women who manufactured gas masks from chrysotile and crocidolite asbestos: a 40-year follow-up. Br J Ind Med 39:344-348.
2. Antoniou AC, Gayther SA, Stratton JF, Ponder BA, Easton DF. 2000. Risk models for familial ovarian and breast cancer. Genet Epidemiol 18:173-190.
3. Armstrong BK, de Klerk NH, Musk AW, Hobbs MS. 1988. Mortality in miners and millers of crocidolite in Western Australia. Br J Ind Med 45:5-13.
4. Atkinson WD, Law DV, Bromley KJ, Inskip HM. 2004. Mortality of employees of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, 1946-1997. Occup Environ Med 61:577-585.
5. Baan R, Straif K, Grosse Y, Secretan B, El Ghissassi F, Cogliano V et al. 2006. Carcinogenicity of carbon black, titanium dioxide, and talc. Lancet Oncol 7:295-296.
6. Beall C, Bender TJ, Cheng H, Herrick R, Kahn A, Matthews R, et al. 2005. Mortality among semiconductor and storage device-manufacturing workers. J Occup Environ Med 47:996-1014.
7. Berry G, Newhouse ML, Wagner JC. 2000. Mortality from all cancers of asbestos factory workers in East London 1933-1980. Occup Environ Med 57:782-785.
8. Boice JD Jr, Marano DE, Fryzek JP, Sadler CJ, McLaughlin JK. 1999. Mortality among aircraft manufacturing workers. Occup Environ Med 56:581-597.
9. Bradburn MJ. 2004. Updated and New Commands for Meta-analysis in STATA. Cancer Research UK Medical Statistics Group. Oxford:Centre for Statistics in Medicine.
10. Bulbulyan MA, Ilychova SA, Zahm SH, Astashevsky SV, Zaridze DG. 1999. Cancer mortality among women in the Russian printing industry. Am J Ind Med 36:166-171.
11. Burki T. 2009. Asbestos production increases despite WHO opposition. Lancet Oncol 10:846.
12. Cheng WN, Kong J. 1992. A retrospective mortality cohort study of chrysotile asbestos products workers in Tianjin 1972-1987. Environ Res 59:271-278.
13. Clin B, Morlais F, Dubois B, Guizard AV, Desoubeaux N, Marquignon MF, et al. 2009. Occupational asbestos exposure and digestive cancers-a cohort study. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 30:364-374.
14. Coggon D, Wield G, Pannett B, Campbell L, Boffetta P. 1997. Mortality in employees of a Scottish paper mill. Am J Ind Med 32:535-539.
15. Costantini AS, Pirastu R, Lagorio S, Miligi L, Costa G. 1994. Studying cancer among female workers: methods and preliminary results from a record-linkage system in Italy. J Occup Med 36:1180-1186.
16. Dean AG, Sullivan KM, Soe MM. 2010. OpenEpi: Open Source Epidemiologic Statistics for Public Health. Version 2.3.1. Available: http://www.OpenEpi.com [accessed 20 October 2010].
17. Edelman DA. 1992. Does asbestos exposure increase the risk of urogenital cancer? Int Arch Occup Environ Health 63:469-475.
18. Ferlay J, Shin HR, Bray F, Forman D, Mathers C, Parkin DM. 2010. GLOBOCAN 2008, v1.2, Cancer Incidence and Mortality Worldwide: IARC CancerBase No. 10 [Internet]. Available: http://globocan.iarc.fr [accessed 20 October 2010].
19. Finkelstein MM. 1989. Mortality rates among employees potentially exposed to chrysotile asbestos at two automotive parts factories. CMAJ 141:125-130.
20. Gardner MJ, Winter PD, Pannett B, Powell CA. 1986. Follow up study of workers manufacturing chrysotile asbestos cement products. Br J Ind Med 43:726-732.
21. Germani D, Belli S, Bruno C, Grignoli M, Nesti M, Pirastu R, et al. 1999. Cohort mortality study of women compensated for asbestosis in Italy. Am J Ind Med 36:129-134.
22. Graham J, Graham R. 1967. Ovarian cancer and asbestos. Environ Res 1:115-128.
23. Grosse Y, Baan R, Straif K, Secretan B, El Ghissassi F, Bouvard V, et al. 2009. A review of human carcinogens-part A: pharmaceuticals. Lancet Oncol 10:13-14.
24. Hankinson SE, Danforth KN. 2006. Ovarian cancer. In: Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention (Schottenfeld D, Fraumeini JF Jr, eds). New York:Oxford University Press, 1013-1026.
25. Harding AH, Darnton A, Wegerdt J, McElvenny D. 2009. Mortality among British asbestos workers undergoing regular medical examinations (1971-2005). Occup Environ Med 66:487-495.
26. Harris R. 2008. Metan: fixed-and random-effects meta-analysis. Stata J 8:3-28.
27. Hein MJ, Stayner LT, Lehman E, Dement JM. 2007. Follow-up study of chrysotile textile workers: cohort mortality and exposure-response. Occup Environ Med 64:616-625.
28. Heller DS, Gordon RE, Westhoff C, Gerber S. 1996. Asbestos exposure and ovarian fiber burden. Am J Ind Med 29:435-439.
29. Higgins JP, Thompson SG. 2002. Quantifying heterogeneity in a meta-analysis. Stat Med 21:1539-1558.
30. Higgins JP, Thompson SG, Deeks JJ, Altman DG. 2003. Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses. BMJ 327:557-560.
31. Horner MJ, Ries LAG, Krapcho M, Neyman N, Aminou R, Howlader N, et al. (eds). 2009. SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2006. Bethesda, MD:National Cancer Institute. Bethesda, MD, Available: http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2006/ [accessed 30 September 2010].
32. Kannerstein M, Churg J, McCaughey WT, Hill DP. 1977. Papillary tumors of the peritoneum in women: mesothelioma or papillary carcinoma. Am J Obstet Gynecol 127:306-314.
33. Karjalainen A, Pukkala E, Kauppinen T, Partanen T. 1999. Incidence of cancer among Finnish patients with asbestos-related pulmonary or pleural fibrosis. Cancer Causes Control 10:51-57.
34. Knox JF, Holmes S, Doll R, Hill ID. 1968. Mortality from lung cancer and other causes among workers in an asbestos textile factory. Br J Ind Med 25:293-303.
35. Langseth H, Andersen A. 1999. Cancer incidence among women in the Norwegian pulp and paper industry. Am J Ind Med 36:108-113.
36. Langseth H, Hankinson SE, Siemiatycki J, Weiderpass E. 2008. Perineal use of talc and risk of ovarian cancer. J Epidemiol Community Health 62:358-360.
37. Langseth H, Johansen BV, Nesland JM, Kjaerheim K. 2007. Asbestos fibers in ovarian tissue from Norwegian pulp and paper workers. Int J Gynecol Cancer 17:44-49.
38. Langseth H, Kjaerheim K. 2004. Ovarian cancer and occupational exposure among pulp and paper employees in Norway. Scand J Work Environ Health 30:356-361.
39. Lewis RJ, Schnatter AR, Drummond I, Murray N, Thompson FS, Katz AM, et al. 2003. Mortality and cancer morbidity in a cohort of Canadian petroleum workers. Occup Environ Med 60:918-928.
40. Li L, Sun TD, Zhang X, Lai RN, Li XY, Fan XJ, et al. 2004. Cohort studies on cancer mortality among workers exposed only to chrysotile asbestos: a meta-analysis. Biomed Environ Sci 17:459-468.
41. Loomis D, Dement JM, Wolf SH, Richardson DB. 2009. Lung cancer mortality and fibre exposures among North Carolina asbestos textile workers. Occup Environ Med 66:535-542.
42. Luberto F, Amendola P, Belli S, Bruno C, Candela S, Grignoli M, et al. 2004. Mortality study of asbestos cement workers in Emilia-Romagna [in Italian]. Epidemiol Prev 28:239-246.
43. Magnani C, Ferrante D, Barone-Adesi F, Bertolotti M, Todesco A, Mirabelli D, et al. 2008. Cancer risk after cessation of asbestos exposure: a cohort study of Italian asbestos cement workers. Occup Environ Med 65:164-170.
44. Mamo C. 2004. Mortality experience in an historical cohort of chrysotile asbestos textile workers. In: Proceedings from the Global Asbestos Congress, 19-21 November 2004, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.
45. McDonald JC, Harris JM, Berry G. 2006. Sixty years on: the price of assembling military gas masks in 1940. Occup Environ Med 63:852-855.
46. McDonald JC, Liddell FD, Gibbs GW, Eyssen GE, McDonald AD. 1980. Dust exposure and mortality in chrysotile mining, 1910-1975. Br J Ind Med 37:11-24.
47. Morinaga K, Hanai A, Fujimoto I, Ohtsuka J, Matsumura T, Sakato J, et al. 1991. A retrospective cohort study of workers in small asbestos industries in south Osaka [in Japanese]. Nippon Koshu Eisei Zasshi 38:267-271.
48. Ness RB, Cottreau C. 1999. Possible role of ovarian epithelial inflammation in ovarian cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst 91:1459-1467.
49. Newhouse ML, Berry G, Wagner JC, Turok ME. 1972. A study of the mortality of female asbestos workers. Br J Ind Med 29:134-141.
50. Newhouse ML, Sullivan KR. 1989. A mortality study of workers manufacturing friction materials: 1941-1986. Br J Ind Med 46:176-179.
51. Nielsen AM, Olsen JH, Madsen PM, Francis D, Almind M. 1994. Peritoneal mesotheliomas in Danish women: review of histopathologic slides and history of abdominal surgery. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 73:581-585.
52. Pang ZC, Zhang Z, Wang Y, Zhang H. 1997. Mortality from a Chinese asbestos plant: overall cancer mortality. Am J Ind Med 32:442-444.
53. Permuth-Wey J, Sellers TA. 2009. Epidemiology of ovarian cancer. Methods Mol Biol 472:413-437.
54. Peto J, Doll R, Howard SV, Kinlen LJ, Lewinsohn HC. 1977. A mortality study among workers in an English asbestos factory. Br J Ind Med 34:169-173.
55. Pira E, Pelucchi C, Buffoni L, Palmas A, Turbiglio M, Negri E, et al. 2005. Cancer mortality in a cohort of asbestos textile workers. Br J Cancer 92:580-586.
56. Pira E, Pelucchi C, Piolatto PG, Negri E, Discalzi G, La Vecchia C. 2007. First and subsequent asbestos exposures in relation to mesothelioma and lung cancer mortality. Br J Cancer 97:1300-1304.
57. Raffaelli I, Festa G, Costantini AS, Leva G, Gorini G. 2007. Mortality in a cohort of asbestos cement workers in Carrara, Italy [in Italian]. Med Lav 98:156-163.
58. Raffn E, Lynge E, Juel K, Korsgaard B. 1989. Incidence of cancer and mortality among employees in the asbestos cement industry in Denmark. Br J Ind Med 46:90-96.
59. Reid A, Segal A, Heyworth JS, de Klerk NH, Musk AW. 2009. Gynecologic and breast cancers in women after exposure to blue asbestos at Wittenoom. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:140-147.
60. Richardson DB, Wing S, Wolf S. 2007. Mortality among workers at the Savannah River Site. Am J Ind Med 50:881-891.
61. Rosenblatt KA, Szklo M, Rosenshein NB. 1992. Mineral fiber exposure and the development of ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol 45:20-25.
62. Rösler JA, Woitowitz HJ, Lange HJ, Woitowitz RH, Ulm K, Rödelsperger K. 1994. Mortality rates in a female cohort following asbestos exposure in Germany. J Occup Med 36:889-893.
63. Secretan B, Straif K, Baan R, Grosse Y, El Ghissassi F, Bouvard V, et al. 2009. A review of human carcinogens-part E: tobacco, areca nut, alcohol, coal smoke, and salted fish. Lancet Oncol 10:1033-1034.
64. Settimi L, Costellati L, Naldi M, Bersani G, Olanda S, Maiozzi P. 1999. Mortality among workers in an Italian cigarette factory. Occup Med (Lond) 49:361-364.
65. Shen N, Weiderpass E, Antilla A, Goldberg MS, Vasama-Neuvonen KM, Boffetta P, et al. 1998. Epidemiology of occupational and environmental risk factors related to ovarian cancer. Scand J Work Environ Health 24:175-182.
66. Shoham Z. 1994. Epidemiology, etiology, and fertility drugs in ovarian epithelial carcinoma: where are we today? Fertil Steril 62:433-448.
67. Shu XO, Brinton LA, Gao YT, Yuan JM. 1989. Population-based case-control study of ovarian cancer in Shanghai. Cancer Res 49:3670-3674.
68. Sichletidis L, Chloros D, Spyratos D, Haidich AB, Fourkiotou I, Kakoura M, et al. 2009. Mortality from occupational exposure to relatively pure chrysotile: a 39-year study. Respiration 78:63-68.
69. Smailyte G, Kurtinaitis J, Andersen A. 2004. Mortality and cancer incidence among Lithuanian cement producing workers. Occup Environ Med 61:529-534.
70. Stayner LT, Dankovic DA, Lemen RA. 1996. Occupational exposure to chrysotile asbestos and cancer risk: a review of the amphibole hypothesis. Am J Public Health 86:179-186.
71. Sterne JAC. 2009. Meta-Analysis in Stata: An Updated Collection from the Stata Journal. College Station, TX:Stata Press.
72. Straif K, Benbrahim-Tallaa L, Baan R, Grosse Y, Secretan B, El Ghissassi F, et al. 2009. A review of human carcinogens-part C: metals, arsenic, dusts, and fibres. Lancet Oncology 10:453-454.
73. Sueblinvong T, Carney ME. 2009. Current understanding of risk factors for ovarian cancer. Curr Treat Options Oncol 10:67-81.
74. Sun T, Li L, Shi N, Zhang X. 2003. A 40-year cohort study on cancer mortality among female workers with manual spinning of chrysotile asbestos [in Chinese]. Wei Sheng Yan Jiu 32:511-513.
75. Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Urszula W, Szymczak W, Strzelecka A. 2002. Mortality study of workers compensated for asbestosis in Poland, 1970-1997. Int J Occup Med Environ Health 15:267-278.
76. Tarchi M, Orsi D, Comba P, De Santis M, Pirastu R, Battista G, et al. 1994. Cohort mortality study of rock salt workers in Italy. Am J Ind Med 25:251-256.
77. Vasama-Neuvonen K, Pukkala E, Paakkulainen H, Mutanen P, Weiderpass E, Boffetta P, et al. 1999. Ovarian cancer and occupational exposures in Finland. Am J Ind Med 36:83-89.
78. Ward EM, Ruder AM, Suruda A, Smith AB, Halperin W, Fessler CA, et al. 1994. Cancer mortality patterns among female and male workers employed in a cable manufacturing plant during World War II. J Occup Med 36:860-866.
79. Wignall BK, Fox AJ. 1982. Mortality of female gas mask assemblers. Br J Ind Med 39:34-38.
80. Wilczynska U, Szymczak W, Szeszenia-Dabrowska N. 2005. Mortality from malignant neoplasms among workers of an asbestos processing plant in Poland: results of prolonged observation. Int J Occup Med Environ Health 18:313-326.
81. Woitowitz HJ, Lange HJ, Beierl L, Rathgeb M, Schmidt K, Ulm K, et al. 1986. Mortality rates in the Federal Republic of Germany following previous occupational exposure to asbestos dust. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 57:161-171.
82. Zhu H, Wang Z. 1993. Study of occupational lung cancer in asbestos factories in China. Br J Ind Med 50:1039-1042.