- Title:
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Queensland Fire Fighters’ Cancer Incidence Study
- Date:
- January 2009
- Organisations
- Monash University
- Authors:
- Dr Deborah Glass, Professor Malcolm Sim, Anthony Del Monaco, Pamela Simpson, Vanessa Murray
- Location:
- Queensland, QLD, Australia
Overview
This is the final report of a retrospective study of cancer in operational Queensland fire fighters carried out by the Monash Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health (MonCOEH) in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University.
This study was undertaken because of a previous finding of an excess of brain tumours among fire fighters in the Atherton Fire Station. A Queensland Health report recommended investigating the feasibility of a wider study of cancer rates among fire fighters in Queensland, in particular to identify whether brain tumours, testicular cancer, prostate cancer or non-Hodgkin lymphoma are in excess in this larger group. In addition, the research team looked at other specific cancers that had been found at increased incidence among fire fighters in previous Australian and international studies.
