Several site-specific cancers are increased in the volcanic area in sicily

Anticancer Research

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 3995-4002

  Russo, Marco ^a   Malandrino, Pasqualino ^a   Addario, Walter Pollina ^c   Dardanoni, Gabriella ^c   Vigneri, Paolo ^b   Pellegriti, Gabriella ^a   Squatrito, Sebastiano ^a   Vigneri, Riccardo ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c Epidemiological Observatory Center of Sicilian Region   (Italy)

^d Catania Cancer Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer epidemiology; Cancer incidence; Mt. Etna pollution; Volcanic Carcinogens; Volcanic environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BONE CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM CANCER; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; ICD-10; ITALY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KIDNEY CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM CANCER; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SKIN CANCER; SMALL INTESTINE CANCER; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; TESTIS CANCER; THYROID CANCER; URINARY TRACT CANCER; VOLCANO; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICILY;

EID: 84937112836     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: 17917530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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