Lung cancer in patients who have never smoked—An emerging disease

J LoPiccolo, A Gusev, DC Christiani… - Nature Reviews Clinical …, 2024 - nature.com
Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related deaths globally. Although smoking-
related lung cancers continue to account for the majority of diagnoses, smoking rates have …

Exposome and unhealthy aging: environmental drivers from air pollution to occupational exposures

T Pandics, D Major, V Fazekas-Pongor, Z Szarvas… - Geroscience, 2023 - Springer
The aging population worldwide is facing a significant increase in age-related non-
communicable diseases, including cardiovascular and brain pathologies. This …

The key characteristics of carcinogens: relationship to the hallmarks of cancer, relevant biomarkers, and assays to measure them

MT Smith, KZ Guyton, N Kleinstreuer, A Borrel… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2020 - AACR
The key characteristics (KC) of human carcinogens provide a uniform approach to
evaluating mechanistic evidence in cancer hazard identification. Refinements to the …

Welding fumes, a risk factor for lung diseases

MG Riccelli, M Goldoni, D Poli, P Mozzoni… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Welding fumes (WFs) are composed of fine and ultrafine particles, which
may reach the distal airways and represent a risk factor for respiratory diseases.(2) Methods …

Occupational exposure to nickel and hexavalent chromium and the risk of lung cancer in a pooled analysis of case‐control studies (SYNERGY)

T Behrens, C Ge, R Vermeulen… - … journal of cancer, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
There is limited evidence regarding the exposure‐effect relationship between lung‐cancer
risk and hexavalent chromium (Cr (VI)) or nickel. We estimated lung‐cancer risks in relation …

Risk of bias assessments and evidence syntheses for observational epidemiologic studies of environmental and occupational exposures: strengths and limitations

K Steenland, MK Schubauer-Berigan… - Environmental …, 2020 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Increasingly, risk of bias tools are used to evaluate epidemiologic studies as
part of evidence synthesis (evidence integration), often involving meta-analyses. Some of …

Exposure to welding fumes, hexavalent chromium, or nickel and risk of lung cancer

B Pesch, B Kendzia, H Pohlabeln… - American journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
To investigate the risk of lung cancer after exposure to welding fumes, hexavalent chromium
(Cr (VI)), and nickel, we analyzed 3,418 lung cancer cases and 3,488 controls among men …

[HTML][HTML] Welding fume nanoparticles from solid and flux-cored wires: Solubility, toxicity, and role of fluorides

YS Hedberg, Z Wei, S McCarrick, V Romanovski… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Welding fume particles are hazardous. Their toxicity likely depends on their composition and
reactivity. This study aimed at exploring the role of sodium or other fluorides (NaF), which …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of occupational exposure to welding fumes on trachea, bronchus and lung cancer: A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis from the …

F Pega, N Chartres, N Guha, A Modenese… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour
Organization (ILO) are developing joint estimates of the work-related burden of disease and …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of occupational exposure to welding fumes on trachea, bronchus and lung cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis from the WHO/ILO Joint …

D Loomis, AM Dzhambov, NC Momen… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour
Organization (ILO) are the producers of the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related …