Cancer and Potential Prevention with Lifestyle among Career Firefighters: A Narrative Review.

ABSTRACT: Career firefighters are at considerable risk for chronic diseases, including an increased risk of various cancers, compared to the general population. Over the last two decades, several systematic reviews and large cohort studies have demonstrated that firefighters have statistically significant increases in overall and site-specific cancer incidence and site-specific cancer mortality compared to the general population. Exposure assessment and other studies have documented exposures to a variety of carcinogens in fire smoke and within the fire station. Other occupational factors such as shift work, sedentary behavior, and the fire service food culture may also contribute to this working population's increased cancer risk. Furthermore, obesity and other lifestyle behaviors such as tobacco u

SUBMITTER: Sidossis A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10177420 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature