Brain cancer and nonoccupational risk factors: a case-control study among workers at two nuclear facilities.

Carpenter, Arvind V.; Flanders, W. Dana; Frome, E. L.; Cole, Philip; Fry, Shirley A.

doi:10.2105/ajph.77.9.1180

Cited by 33 publications

(20 citation statements)

References 12 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Comparing 82 patients with brain tumour to a control group of 328 subjects, Carpenter et al [7] found no significant association with a previous head injury. Scheid [38], analysing 14,445 patients with gunshotinjuries, found only 6 brain tumours.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…The following aspects deserve comment when the relationship between a brain tumour and previous head injury is considered: [25,26] 14,000 head injury no Scheid [38] 14,445 gunshot injury no Carpenter et al [7] 82 primary brain tumour no Hochberg et al [ 16J 160 glioblastoma no a, yes b Parker and Kernohan [28] 431 glioma no Preston-Martin et al [33] 202 glioma no 70 meningioma yes a Patient younger than 15 years at the time of the trauma. b Patient older than 15 years at the time of the trauma.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

The relationship between cortical injury and brain tumour report of two cases and review of the literature

Stendel¹,

Théallier-Jankó²,

Holl³

et al. 1997

Acta neurochir

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

We report on two cases of brain tumour and discuss the possible relationship to previous cortical trauma. The first patient, a 67-year-old male patient developed a glioblastoma at the same site of an open shell-splinter injury of the brain after a latency of 48 years. The second patient, a 55-year-old male, had a malignant anaplastic astrocytoma in the right frontal lobe 10 years after clipping of an aneurysm of the anterior communicating artery. Both cases fulfill the criteria of Zülch [52] for the correlation between cortical trauma and tumour. We believe that the development of a brain tumour following a cortical injury is very rare, although possible. Probably the brain must display some form of predisposing genetic alteration for a tumour to develop following a cortical injury.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The relationship between cortical injury and brain tumour report of two cases and review of the literature

Stendel¹,

Théallier-Jankó²,

Holl³

et al. 1997

Acta neurochir

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Inskipp et al [12] suggested that severe head trauma slightly increases the overall risk of brain tumors. Similarly, Salvati et al [21] believe in an etiological association between severe head trauma and glioma development whereas others [22][23][24] consider that there is no clear correlation between cranial trauma and subsequent glioma formation. However, these studies included all types of head injuries (mild, moderate and severe) and could not rule out the possible effect of a severe cranial trauma.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Descriptive Epidemiology of Cerebral Gliomas in Northwest Greece and Study of Potential Predisposing Factors, 2005–2007

et al. 2009

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background: To investigate the epidemiologic and clinical characteristics (age, sex, tumor location, socioeconomic status) and potential predisposing factors (alcohol, tobacco, mobile phone use, severe head trauma) of cerebral gliomas in a defined area of Northwest Greece. Methods: The prospective study was conducted in patients with gliomas referred to all 7 hospitals of a study area with a population of 488,435 inhabitants, from June 1, 2005, to May 31, 2007. Incidence rates (IR) were calculated as new cases diagnosed among residents of the study area during the study period per 100,000 inhabitants. A case-control study was carried out in order to study the possible association of the risk of glioma with smoking, alcohol, use of mobile phone, and severe cranial trauma. Results: A total of 56 glioma incident cases were identified with IRs of glioma and glioblastoma (GBM) at 5.73/10⁵/year and 3.69/10⁵/year, respectively. A male to female ratio of 1.25 was obtained in the GBM group. IRs of glioma and GBM for both males and females were higher in the age group 60–79. The most frequent anatomic location was the frontal lobe. 46.5% of the patients originated from the low, 25% from the middle and 28.5% from the high socioeconomic class. There was no significant association between glioma and alcohol consumption, smoking and mobile phone use. A trend for a positive association between the risk of glioma and a history of severe cranial trauma was observed, but this association was not statistically significant. Conclusion: The estimated IR of glioma and GBM in this study was higher compared with data from other studies carried out on European, Asian and US populations. Further studies may be needed to assess the possible association of genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors with the high occurrence of gliomas observed in this study.

show abstract

“…In a study by Severson et al (25), the risk of childhood acute myeloid leukemia among children who were diagnosed at two years of age or younger was signi cantly associated with mothers' alcohol use during their pregnancies (25), while in another study, no association was found between reported fathers' consumption of alcohol and childhood cancer (26). Although epidemiologic studies have not found an increased risk of brain cancer in adults related to alcohol consumption (27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35), with the exception of one which found an increased risk with consumption of wine (30) and our previous report of increased risk among males for hard liquor consumption (14), our present ndings suggest that fathers' consumption of hard liquor may play an important role in the development of brain cancer in their offspring.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Parental Cigarette Smoking, Hard Liquor Consumption and the Risk of Childhood Brain Tumors-A Case Study in Northeast China

2000

Acta Oncologica

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Brain cancer and nonoccupational risk factors: a case-control study among workers at two nuclear facilities.

Abstract: In a nested case-control study of nuclear workers, 82 brain cancer cases were compared with 328 matched controls to investigate the possible association with nonoccupational risk factors such as histories of epilepsy or head injury. We observed a moder-

Cited by 33 publications

References 12 publications

The relationship between cortical injury and brain tumour report of two cases and review of the literature

The relationship between cortical injury and brain tumour report of two cases and review of the literature

Descriptive Epidemiology of Cerebral Gliomas in Northwest Greece and Study of Potential Predisposing Factors, 2005–2007

Parental Cigarette Smoking, Hard Liquor Consumption and the Risk of Childhood Brain Tumors-A Case Study in Northeast China

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About