Cancer among women textile workers in Shanghai, China: Overall incidence patterns, 1989–1998

Abstract

Women employed in the textile industry had a lower than expected cancer experience compared with urban Shanghai women. Further research on this cohort will examine associations between site-specific cancers and occupational exposures to dusts and chemicals.

Brain tumors and occupational exposures in a cohort of female textile workers in Shanghai, China

“…Tumor incidence was determined from 1989 to 1998 from medical reports submitted by individual factories to a tumor and death registry operated by the STIB. Case finding was supplemented by manual review of the records of the Shanghai Cancer Registry (SCR) (19). As further verification of identified cases, STIB records were reviewed to determine the basis for diagnosis, and brain cancers occurring following metastases from other sites (N=8) were excluded.…”

“…The study population was derived from 267 400 women employed in 526 factories of the Shanghai Textile Industry Bureau (STIB) who were originally enrolled in a randomized trial of breast self-examination in 1989-1991 in Shanghai, China (18,19). At enrollment, the women were administered a questionnaire eliciting data on demographic characteristics, smoking and alcohol habits, and reproductive history.…”

Risks of biliary tract cancer and occupational exposures among Shanghai women textile workers: A case‐cohort study

“…A population-based survey among women in Shanghai, China, indicated a small excess BTC incidence among female workers in the textile industry (SIR 1.37, 95% CI: 1.06, 1.75) [Chow et al, 1996]. We previously reported no overall excess of BTC (SIR 0.97, 95% CI: 0.83, 1.13; ICD-9 code 156) incidence among the cohort of women textile workers in Shanghai on which the present study is based [Wernli et al, 2003]. However, the previous analysis did not consider specific jobs or exposures.…”

“…Cases of BTC identified in the STIB registry were then confirmed for diagnosis by electronic matching to SCI cancer registry data for concordance from 1989 to 1998. For records without a match in SCI cancer registry, STIB staff reviewed cases' medical records to confirm the diagnoses [Wernli et al, 2003]. All women in the cohort were followed for vital status, working status (currently on duty or retired), work location within the STIB, and continued employment with the STIB.…”

A benefit of reducing lung cancer incidence in women occupationally exposed to cotton textile dust

“…The article by Wernli et al [2003] reported that women textile workers exhibit a reduced incidence of lung cancer with respect to the general population. These authors also reported that this reduced rate of lung cancer is not likely a result of differences in smoking.…”