Epidemiology of cancer of the nose and paranasal sinuses: current concepts.

Abstract

Cancer of the nose and paranasal sinuses (SNC) has been attributed to occupational exposure to nickel, chromium, radium, dichlordiethyl sulphide, isopropyl oil, and hydrocarbons. Occupational groups with an increased SNC risk include furniture, boot and show workers, and workers in U.S. countries heavily involved in both petroleum and chemical manufacturing; specific agents have not been identified with certainty. In most of the studies, the risk for developing SNC in the exposed workers was 21 to 100+ times greater than the risk for SNC in those who were not exposed. Undifferentiated and squamous histologies are associated with nickel refining; adenocarcinomas are found in woodworkers, boot and show manufacturers, and textile workers. Most occupations at risk for SNC were also at risk for cancer of other sites, particularly lung and skin cancer. Study of the epidemiology of SNC may identify unrecognized carcinogens and occupational groups at increased cancer risk.

• Authors: G C Roush
• Journal: Head & neck surgery (Head Neck Surg) 1979 Sep-Oct Vol. 2 Issue 1 Pg. 3-11 ISSN: 0148-6403 [Print] United States
• PMID: 400658 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Review)

Chemical References

• Hydrocarbons
• Nickel
• Thorium Dioxide

Topics

• Adenocarcinoma (chemically induced)
• Carcinoma, Squamous Cell (chemically induced)
• Female
• Humans
• Hydrocarbons (adverse effects)
• Interior Design and Furnishings
• Male
• Nickel (adverse effects)
• Nose Neoplasms (chemically induced)
• Occupational Diseases (chemically induced)
• Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms (chemically induced)
• Plants, Toxic
• Risk
• Shoes
• Thorium Dioxide (adverse effects)
• Tobacco, Smokeless