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R Banasik

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PubMed1994

[Geography of mortality from all malignant neoplasms (Nr 140-208 according to the international classification of diseases) in the Katowice province in the years 1985-1990].

In the Province of Katowice, taking into account 93 administration units (45 towns and 48 communes), the geography of mortality from all malignant neoplasms of men and women in the years 1985-1990 was established. Some regions of the Province are at particular risk: form men they are mainly regions with mortality index exceeding 240 cases per 100,000 (Fig. 1), and for women regions with mortality index exceeding 130 cases per 100,000 (Fig. 2). In comparison to the available statistics of mortality from malignancies from other countries (and in them especially from industrialized regions similar to Upper Silesia) the level of the risk for malignancy development in the population is, as a rule, higher in Upper Silesia. The cohort analysis demonstrates in turn further progression of mortality from malignancies in the Upper Silesian populations in the next years.

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PubMed1993

[Epidemiological risk factors of larynx cancer among natives and immigrants in the Upper Silesian region].

A case-control study has been used to analyse risk factors such as tobacco smoking, pollution exposure in the microenvironment of the place of work, ambient air pollution in the living place among natives and immigrants for larynx cancer in Upper Silesia Region. There were tested 399 cases (269 natives and 130 immigrants) and 942 controls (557 and 385 respectively). Tobacco smoking and exposure to air pollution in the place of work is connected with increased incidence of larynx cancer risk among natives and immigrants. It was shown that there is no connection between larynx cancer and the degree of air pollution in the living place among natives.

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PubMed1992

[Lung cancer mortality rate in the Upper Silesia 1985-1990].

Mortality rates in the years 1985-1990 in males and females with lung cancer in the Katowice province were analysed. Partial rates according to age groups and "raw" rates were calculated. Basing on these, standardized rates were assessed (related to administrative units: 45 cities and 48 districts). The regions with the highest and lowest risk of mortality due to lung cancer were identified using the isarytmic method and standardized rates. The regions with the highest risk are those with a mortality rate for males of 85 per 100,000 and 13 per 100,000 for females. A statistically significant difference was seen between some regions (p = 0.01). The cohort analysis predicts that in the immediate future, an increase of mortality rates in rat es due to lung cancer can be predicted. Also a very dynamic increase in mortality rates in females can be foreseen.

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PubMed1992

[Lung cancer among the autochthonous population and among immigrants Upper Silesia in relation to smoking, exposure to harmful factors at work and atmospheric pollution].

By the case-control method 367 patients with lung carcinoma coming from the autochthonous population of Upper Silesia and 253 similar patients from the population of immigrants from other areas were compared (620 cases, in all) treated in the Institute of Oncology in Gliwice in the years 1982-1989. They accounted for about 85% of all male patients with this tumour. In the analysis three zones of Upper Silesia with varying concentrations of atmospheric pollution, where the patients lived, were considered, estimating the risk of this tumour in relation to pollution level, and standardizing the risk for tobacco smoking and considering data related to the exposure to harmful factors in occupational work. The analysis showed that the so called summarized index of relative risk was about 2.5 times greater for the autochthonous as well as immigrant populations in the zone of greatest atmospheric pollution with statistically significant differences in relation to the relatively most favourable zone (accepted as 1.00) However, the risk was progressively rising only in the autochthonous population (in all 3 zones). That showed that the risk of lung carcinoma was increasing in this population with increasing atmospheric pollution. This evident progression of risk was not found in the population of immigrants, although the risk level in this population living in the zone of greatest pollution was similar to that in the autochthonous population.

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PubMed1991

Etiological factors in invasive corpus uteri carcinoma.

The case-control method was applied in order to test how various types of diet as well as past diseases, tobacco smoking and occupational exposure may affect the risk of incidence of corpus uteri cancer in the population of natives and among immigrant women. The highest risk of incidence was noted in the group of natives persistently using a diet rich in meat, animal fat, amylum meals and sugar but lacking raw vegetables. Such a high risk was not observed in the group of immigrant women what might be caused by more frequent change of the type of diet. Some past diseases (arterial hypertension, diabetes, diseases of organs of reproduction and urinary system) do affect a relatively high risk of corpus uteri carcinoma in both populations. However, no noteworthy results have been obtained in the risk of corpus uteri carcinoma as far as tobacco smoking and occupational exposure are concerned.

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PubMed1987

Larynx cancer risk factors.

The larynx cancer relative risk has been evaluated (328 cases) in the stationary-native Upper Silesians (63.7%) and migrating (36.3%) male population. The particular control groups (656 men) included 418 and 238 men respectively not suffering from malignant neoplasms. The essentially higher larynx cancer incidence risk has been shown for men manual labor and exposed to the influence of various dusts, gases and vapors and other pollutants in their place of work. The increased substantial incidence risk is also true for men who smoke tobacco and are professionally exposed to the pollution. The results in regard to the consumption of raw and boiled vegetables suggest that these may be inhibitors of the neoplasmatic process in the area of larynx (although not only). The frequency of the consumption of alcohol--vodka or beer--increases the larynx cancer incidence risk both among autochthons and immigrants. Nevertheless, the data concerning the amount of alcohol consumed are less valuable here; they do not allow to establish fully reliable quantitative levels of the beer or vodka consumed. In comparison with the literature of the subject, divergent data have been obtained as far as the joint influence of drinking alcohol with simultaneous smoking of tobacco and professional exposure are concerned.

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PubMed1986

Study of risk factors in invasive cancer of the corpus uteri.

With the application of the case-control method, 173 patients suffering from invasive cancer of the corpus uteri (plus 346 women not suffering from this type of cancer and any type of neoplastic disease who formed control group) were analyzed. High incidence risk was ascertained for women who suffered previously from various diseases of reproductive organs, circulatory system, thyroid, diabetes, certain diseases of alimentary, urinary and also respiratory tract. Tobacco smoking together with the immediate exposure to dusts and gases in the microenvironment of work does not influence the increase of incidence risk of this organ, but certain type of diet which can be characterized by the high consumption of meat, animal fat and sugar with the lack of raw vegetables in diet influences the incidence risk of invasive cancer of the corpus uteri.

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