title: Cancer incidence in Florida professional firefighters, 1981 to 1999.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to examine the cancer risk associated with firefighting.
  
  
  METHODS
  Standardized incidence ratio analysis (SIR) was used to determine the relative cancer risk for firefighters as compared with the Florida general population.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among 34,796 male (413,022 person-years) and 2,017 female (18,843 person-years) firefighters, 970 male and 52 female cases of cancer were identified. Male firefighters had significantly increased incidence rates of bladder (SIR = 1.29; 95% confidence interval = 1.01-1.62), testicular (1.60; 1.20-2.09), and thyroid cancers (1.77; 1.08-2.73). Female firefighters had significantly increased incidence rates of overall cancer (1.63; 1.22-2.14), cervical (5.24; 2.93-8.65), and thyroid cancer (3.97; 1.45-8.65) and Hodgkin disease (6.25; 1.26-18.26).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Firefighting may be associated with an increased risk of selected site-specific cancers in males and females, including an overall increased cancer risk in female firefighters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA. fma@med.miami.edu
authors.forename: Fangchao
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Lora E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Fleming
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Trapido
authors.forename: Terence A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Gerace
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D005260:Female; D005390:Fires; D005431:Florida; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors