Introduction. The incidence of cancer among residents in sites contaminated by pollut¬ants with a possible health impact is not adequately studied. In Italy, SENTIERI Project (Epidemiological study of residents in National Priority Contaminated Sites, NPCSs) was implemented to study major health outcomes for residents in 44 NPCSs. Methods. The Italian Association of Cancer Registries (AIRTUM) records cancer inci¬dence in 23 NPCSs. For each NPCSs, the incidence of all malignant cancers combined and 35 cancer sites (coded according to ICD-10), was analysed (1996-2005). The ob¬served cases were compared to the expected based on age (5-year period,18 classes), gender, calendar period (1996-2000; 2001-2005), geographical area (North-Centre and Centre-South) and cancer sites specific rates. Standardized Incidence Ratios (SIR) with 90% Confidence Intervals were computed. Results. In both genders an excess was observed for overall cancer incidence (9% in men and 7% in women) as well as for
Cancer incidence in Italian contaminated sites / Comba, P; Ricci, P; Iavarone, I; Pirastu, Roberta; Buzzoni, C; Fusco, M; Ferretti, S; Fazzo, L; Pasetto, R; Zona, A; Crocetti, E; ISS AIRTUM Working Group for the study of cancer incidence in contaminated, Sites. - In: ANNALI DELL'ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ. - ISSN 0021-2571. - 50:(2014), pp. 186-191. [10.4415/ANN_14_02_13]
Cancer incidence in Italian contaminated sites.
PIRASTU, Roberta;
2014
Abstract
Introduction. The incidence of cancer among residents in sites contaminated by pollut¬ants with a possible health impact is not adequately studied. In Italy, SENTIERI Project (Epidemiological study of residents in National Priority Contaminated Sites, NPCSs) was implemented to study major health outcomes for residents in 44 NPCSs. Methods. The Italian Association of Cancer Registries (AIRTUM) records cancer inci¬dence in 23 NPCSs. For each NPCSs, the incidence of all malignant cancers combined and 35 cancer sites (coded according to ICD-10), was analysed (1996-2005). The ob¬served cases were compared to the expected based on age (5-year period,18 classes), gender, calendar period (1996-2000; 2001-2005), geographical area (North-Centre and Centre-South) and cancer sites specific rates. Standardized Incidence Ratios (SIR) with 90% Confidence Intervals were computed. Results. In both genders an excess was observed for overall cancer incidence (9% in men and 7% in women) as well as forI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
