Carcinogenicity of shift-work, painting, and fire-fighting

医学 轮班制 混淆 环境卫生 人口 国际机构 乳腺癌 人口学 老年学 癌症 精神科 病理 社会学 内科学
作者
Kurt Straíf,Robert A. Baan,Yann Grosse,Béatrice Secretan,Fatiha El Ghissassi,Véronique Bouvard,Andrea Altieri,Lamia Benbrahim‐Tallaa,Vincent Cogliano
出处
期刊:Lancet Oncology [Elsevier BV]
卷期号:8 (12): 1065-1066 被引量:1034
标识
DOI:10.1016/s1470-2045(07)70373-x
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In October, 2007, 24 scientists from ten countries met at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France, to assess the carcinogenicity of shift-work, painting, and fi re-fi ghting. These assessments will be published as volume 98 of the IARC Monographs. About 15–20% of the working population in Europe and the USA is engaged in shift-work that involves nightwork, which is most prevalent (above 30%) in the health-care, industrial manufactur ing, mining, transport, communication, leisure, and hospitality sectors. Among the many diff erent patterns of shiftwork, those including nightwork are the most disruptive for the circadian clock. Six of eight epidemiological studies from various geographical regions, most notably two independent cohort studies of nurses engaged in shiftwork at night, have noted a modestly increased risk of breast cancer in long-term employees compared with those who are not engaged in shiftwork at night. These studies are limited by potential confounding and inconsistent defi nitions of shiftwork, with several focused on a single profession. The incidence of breast cancer was also modestly increased in most cohorts of female fl ight attendants, who also experience circadian disruption by frequently crossing time zones. Limitations of studies in these fl ight attendants include the potential for detection bias, proxy measures of exposure, and potential uncontrolled confounding by reproductive factors and cosmic radiation. Several diff erent rodent models have been used to test the eff ect of disruption of the circadian system on tumour development. More than 20 studies investigated the eff ect of constant light, dim light at night, simulated chronic jet lag, or circadian timing of carcinogens, and most showed a major increase in tumour incidence. No clear eff ect was seen for light pulses at night or constant darkness. A similar number of studies investigated the eff ect of reduced nocturnal melatonin concentrations or removal of the pineal gland (where melatonin is produced) in tumour development and most showed increases in the incidence or growth of tumours. Exposure to light at night disturbs the circadian system with alterations of sleep-activity patterns, suppression of melatonin production, and de regul ation of circadian genes involved in cancer-related pathways. Inactivation of the circadian Period gene, Per2, promotes tumour develop ment in mice, and in human breast and endo metrial tumours, the expression of PERIOD genes is inhibited. In animals, melatonin suppression can lead to changes in the gonadotrophin axis. In humans, sleep deprivation and the ensuing melatonin suppression lead to immunodefi ciency. For example, sleep deprivation suppresses natural killer-cell activity and changes the T-helper 1/T-helper 2 cytokine balance, reducing cellular immune defence and surveillance. On the basis of “limited evidence in humans for the carcinogenicity of shift-work that involves nightwork”, and “suffi cient evidence in experimental animals for the carcinogenicity of light during the daily dark period (biological night)”, the Working Group concluded that “shift-work that involves circadian disruption is probably carcinogenic to humans” (Group 2A). Painters are potentially exposed to many chemicals used as pigments, extenders, binders, solvents, and additives. Painters can also be exposed to other workplace hazards, such as asbestos or crystalline silica. Cohort and linkage studies of painters have shown consistent and signifi cant increases in lung cancer compared with the general population. No information on tobacco smoking was available in the cohort studies; however, the increases are comparable to results from many case–control studies that controlled for smoking. A meta-analysis by the Working Group of all independent studies, including two recent large studies, showed a signifi cant excess risk of about 20% overall, and of 50% when the analysis was restricted to smoking-adjusted estimates from population-based case–control studies. Increased mortality from mesothelioma was consistently noted. Similarly, cohort and linkage studies showed consistent 20–25% increases in the occurrence of urinary bladder cancer in painters, and similar increases were noted in case– control studies that controlled for smoking. Although fi ndings for lymphatic and haemopoietic cancers in painters were inconsistent, four of fi ve case– control studies reported signifi cant increases in childhood leukaemia associated with maternal exposure to paint. The risks tended to be greater when mothers were exposed before or during, rather than after, pregnancy, and two studies showed some evidence of an increasing risk with increasing exposure. Upcoming meetings February 5–12, 2008 Industrial and cosmetic dyes and related exposures
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