Friday, January 3, 2014
Specific Occupations Linked to Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Long-haul truckers and men working in garden-supply shops might be more likely to have highly aggressive prostate cancer on diagnosis, according to a presentation at the 12th Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, held in National Harbor, Maryland.
Plausible explanations for the findings include the whole-body vibrations commonly experienced by truckers and the potential chemical exposure from indoor pesticide storage, lead author L. Joseph Su, MD, MPH, from the National Cancer Institute in Rockville, Maryland, told Medscape Medical News.
Read the full Medscape Medical News report
