Year: 1955
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: CANCER IN HUMANS is known to be as-L sociated with a number of factors.I t occurs more frequently among males, among smokers, particularly cigarette smokers, in urban areas, among certain occupations, and in certain age groups.In studying the effect of any one factor or suspected factor, it is obvious that other known associated factors must be taken into account.For example, is the increased incidence of lung cancer among cigarette smokers associated with cigarette smoking alone or is it due to the circumstance that people in certain occupations also smoke more?Are the excess mortality and incidence of lung cancer in urban areas due to a difference in smoking habits among urban populations or to a greater concentration of certain occupation groups in cities?As part of a wider study of the occupational histories of cancer patients, it has been possible to compare patients with lung cancer and those with other types of cancer with respect to the factors of age, residence, smoking history, and occupation history, and to allow statistically for the effect of each.For comparison with 137 male lung-cancer patients at the Roswell Park Memorial Institute, a random sample for each age-residence category was selected from 902 control cases (other cancer [except cancer of the skin, respiratory tract, From the Division of Medical Services, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York.Presented at the Public Health Cancer Association at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Buffalo, New York, October 11, 1954.
Source: Cancer
Authors: Morton L. Levin, Arthur S. Kraus, Irving D. Goldberg, Paul R. Gerhardt
Institution: New York State Department of Health
Language: English
Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2062859331