From Bladder Cancer Canada: Every May, Bladder Cancer Awareness Month is recognized around the world. This month is an opportunity to shine a light on this often underrepresented form of cancer, and the many ways it touches the lives of Canadians…it is the 5th Most Common Cancer – more than 80,000 Canadians are living with Bladder Cancer Read More
In 2004 the Public Health Agency of Canada published a paper that concluded environmental exposure to certain chemicals has been linked to increased risk of bladder cancer, second only to smoking in terms of risk factor.
In 2015 the Canadian HRReporter cited research from the Occupational Cancer Research Centre with Cancer Care Ontario and other sources that concluded “Occupational exposure to carcinogens is to blame for the rising rates of bladder cancer in workers.” It notes certain exposures are known to increase risks of bladder and other cancers.
VideoOn Canadian Cancer Day, February 4, OHCOW teamed up with theOccupational Cancer Research Centre (OCRC) for a video on occupational co-exposures of cancer and clinical case studies.
This World Cancer Day video explores occupational co-exposures and cancer risk through both research and clinical perspectives. OCRC presented findings from their co-exposures project on lung and bladder cancer, while OHCOW will follow with clinical work and case studies that illustrate the real-world impacts of multiple workplace exposures, linking research findings to practice.
The Changing Landscape of Exposure and Cancer
Dr. Jeavana Sritharan – OCRC Scientist, Surveillance, Dr. Tracy Kirkham – OCRC Associate Director & Scientist, Shannon Halls – OCRC Research Associate, Fatima Ali – OCRC Research Associate
A Clinical Perspective: Case Studies with Multiple Exposures
Lawrence Kurtz – OHCOW Occupational Hygienist
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95% Confidence Interval (CI) is a range of values (upper and lower) that you can be 95% certain contains the true mean of the population.
