Cancer risk in Vietnam war veterans from the Korean Vietnam war veterans' health study cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

During the Vietnam War, several unknown chemicals, such as Agent Orange, were used in Vietnam by the military. Therefore, there have been continuous health concerns among the Vietnamese population and veterans exposed to these hazardous chemicals. This study aimed to investigate the risk of all cancers and also organ-specific cancers among Korean veterans of the Vietnam War.

Methods

This study used a national representative cohort that included all Korean Vietnam War veterans as the interest group, with 1:4 age-sex-region-matched general Korean citizens as the reference group, from 2002 to 2018. Age-standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated for all cancers and for 31 organ-specific cancer categories based on the medi

SUBMITTER: Lee W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9905696 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature