Particulate Matter Exposure after a Cancer Diagnosis and All-Cause Mortality in a Regional Cancer Registry-Based Cohort in South Korea.

ABSTRACT: Although particulate matter (PM) is a Group 1 carcinogen, few studies have evaluated the effect of PM exposure after a cancer diagnosis on survival. Herein, we evaluated the effect of exposure to ambient PM₁₀ after a cancer diagnosis on survival using data from the Regional Cancer Registry cohort in Chungbuk Province, Korea. A total of 44,432 patients with cancer who survived for >1 year after being diagnosed between 2005 and 2018 were followed until 31 December 2019; there were 32,734 survivors (73.7%) and 11,698 deceased (26.3%). The average follow-up period was 67.7 months, and the cumulative average concentration of PM₁₀ exposure of patients with cancer after a diagnosis was 49.0 µg/m³. When PM₁₀ concentration increased by 1 standard devia

SUBMITTER: Eom SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9408397 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature