An Ecological Study of the Association between Air Pollution and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Incidence in Texas.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Primary liver cancer is a significant cause of cancer-related death in both the United States and the world at large. Hepatocellular carcinoma comprises 90% of these primary liver cancers and has numerous known etiologies. Evaluation of these identified etiologies and other traditional risk factors cannot explain the high incidence rates of hepatocellular carcinoma in Texas. Texas is home to the second largest petrochemical industry and agricultural industry in the nation; industrial activity and exposure to pathogenic chemicals have never been assessed as potential links to the state's increased incidence rate of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Methods

The association between the county-level concentrations of 4 air pollutants known to be linked to liver cancer, viny

SUBMITTER: Cicalese L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5704712 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature