[Risk of nasopharyngeal cancer, Leukemia and other tumors in a cohort of employees and students potentially exposed to (FA) formaldehyde in University laboratories]

S Sernia; F Di Folco; P Altrudo; B Sbriccoli; C Sestili; V Colamesta; S Del Buono; A Michetti; M Ortis; A Dawodu; P Villari; G La Torre

doi:10.7417/CT.2016.1925

[Risk of nasopharyngeal cancer, Leukemia and other tumors in a cohort of employees and students potentially exposed to (FA) formaldehyde in University laboratories]

Clin Ter. 2016 Mar-Apr;167(2):43-7. doi: 10.7417/CT.2016.1925.

[Article in Italian]

Authors

S Sernia¹, F Di Folco², P Altrudo³, B Sbriccoli³, C Sestili², V Colamesta², S Del Buono³, A Michetti³, M Ortis³, A Dawodu³, P Villari², G La Torre²

Affiliations

¹ Centro di Medicina Occupazionale, Sapienza Università di Roma - Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Malattie Infettive, Sapienza Università di Roma.
² Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Malattie Infettive, Sapienza Università di Roma.
³ Centro di Medicina Occupazionale, Sapienza Università di Roma.

PMID: 27212573
DOI: 10.7417/CT.2016.1925

Abstract

FA was recently classified as carcinogen of second class (category 1B). A retrospective cohort study was conducted for the evaluation of the association between exposure to FA and cancer in professionally potentially exposed in a University setting. The cohort was composed of 140 exposed to FA and 364 not exposed in the period 1999-2015. The results showed no cancers of naso-pharynx and leukemias or lymphomas both among exposed and not exposed. Moreover, the exposure to FA is not significantly associated to an increase of other types of tumors.

Keywords: Cancer; Exposure; Formaldehyde; Laboratory.

MeSH terms

Adult
Carcinoma
Female
Formaldehyde / analysis*
Humans
Leukemia / epidemiology*
Lymphoma / epidemiology*
Male
Middle Aged
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / epidemiology*
Occupational Exposure / statistics & numerical data*
Retrospective Studies
Risk
Students
Universities*

Substances

Formaldehyde