Cancer

The authors say this study provides the first evidence supporting the hypothesis that residential pesticide exposure from agricultural use is associated with an increased risk of thyroid cancer. The authors performed a case-controlled study using thyroid cancer cases from the California Cancer Registry (1999-2012) and controls sampled in a population-based manner. Study participants were diagnosed ...

Using CRC-specific mortality data from 3,036 U.S. counties from 1999 to 2019, researchers at the Lerner Research Institute and the Center for Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer at Cleveland Clinic categorized patients by age at diagnosis and adjusted for young-onset CRC risk factors and prognostic indicators. They identified new young-onset CRC mortality hot spots in the Midwest ...