Key Takeaways

Firefighters face significantly higher cancer death risks from occupational toxic exposures.

After adjustments, firefighters' cancer mortality risk remained significantly elevated for skin cancer, kidney cancer, and lung cancer.

The study had a 36-year follow-up and addressed several limitations of previous studies.

Firefighters face an increased risk of dying from multiple types of cancer as a result of job-related exposures to toxic substances, according to a large study with 30 years of follow-up.

The association reached statistical significance only for skin cancer and kidney cancer, but the data revealed "suggestive" increases in the risk of dying from prostate and colorectal cancers, reported Lauren Teras, PhD, of the American Cancer Society, and co-authors in the

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