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Lohi P, Auvinen A, Niskanen L, Partonen T, Haukka J. Does the duration of diabetes increase the risk of cancer? A nationwide population-based cohort of patients with new-onset diabetes and a matched reference cohort. Int J Cancer 2024; 154:1940-1947. [PMID: 38450737 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.34858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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Diabetes mellitus and cancer are both common health issues, but the correlation between these two diseases remains unclear. We investigated the association of cumulative exposure of diabetes mellitus as an indication of hyperglycemia in terms of disease duration on multiple cancer types. We hypothesized that the risk of cancer would increase over time after the onset of diabetes. The study population consisted of a population-based cohort of 398,708 people and it was constructed from the Finnish CARING project. The Diabetes group consisted of 185,258 individuals, and the non-diabetic reference group comprised 187,921 individuals. Over 4.1 million person-years were accumulated, and the median follow-up time was 10.55 years. In the diabetes group, 25,899 cancer cases were observed compared with 23,900 cancers in the non-diabetic group. We did not find a clear relationship between the duration of diabetes mellitus and most cancer types examined. However, for cancers of the pancreas, prostate gland, bronchus, and lungs, a temporal relationship was found. Furthermore, even within the cancer types where the relationship was detected, it did not change over time. These findings indicate that diabetes does not independently increase the risk of cancer. Instead, the development of diabetes may be attributed to shared risk factors with cancer, such as obesity and/or insulin resistance accompanied by hyperinsulinemia. Thus, it is likely that the clock for increased cancer risk starts ticking already before onset of diabetes and hyperglycemia.
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- Petrus Lohi
- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Endocrinology, Päijät-Häme Central Hospital, Lahti, Finland
- University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
- Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Traini E, Smith RB, Vermeulen R, Kromhout H, Schüz J, Feychting M, Auvinen A, Poulsen AH, Deltour I, Muller DC, Heller J, Tettamanti G, Elliott P, Huss A, Toledano MB. Headache in the international cohort study of mobile phone use and health (COSMOS) in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Environ Res 2024; 248:118290. [PMID: 38280529 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2023] [Revised: 01/13/2024] [Accepted: 01/20/2024] [Indexed: 01/29/2024]
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Headache is a common condition with a substantial burden of disease worldwide. Concerns have been raised over the potential impact of long-term mobile phone use on headache due to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMFs). We explored prospectively the association between mobile phone use at baseline (2009-2012) and headache at follow-up (2015-2018) by analysing pooled data consisting of the Dutch and UK cohorts of the Cohort Study of Mobile Phone Use and Health (COSMOS) (N = 78,437). Frequency of headache, migraine, and information on mobile phone use, including use of hands-free devices and frequency of texting, were self-reported. We collected objective operator data to obtain regression calibrated estimates of voice call duration. In the model mutually adjusted for call-time and text messaging, participants in the high category of call-time showed an adjusted odds ratio (OR) of 1.04 (95 % CI: 0.94-1.15), with no clear trend of reporting headache with increasing call-time. However, we found an increased risk of weekly headache (OR = 1.40, 95 % CI: 1.25-1.56) in the high category of text messaging, with a clear increase in reporting headache with increasing texting. Due to the negligible exposure to RF-EMFs from texting, our results suggest that mechanisms other than RF-EMFs are responsible for the increased risk of headache that we found among mobile phone users.
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- Eugenio Traini
- Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, UK; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Chemical and Radiation Threats and Hazards, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, UK; Mohn Centre for Children's Health and Wellbeing, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, UK; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, UK
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- Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, Lyon, France
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- Karolinska Institutet, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden
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- STUK - Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Environmental Radiation Surveillance, Helsinki, Finland; Tampere University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere, Finland
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, Lyon, France
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- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, UK; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Chemical and Radiation Threats and Hazards, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, UK; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, UK; Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research Unit, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, UK
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- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, UK; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Chemical and Radiation Threats and Hazards, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, UK; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, UK
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- Karolinska Institutet, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden
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- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, UK; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Chemical and Radiation Threats and Hazards, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, UK; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, UK
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- Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, UK; NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Chemical and Radiation Threats and Hazards, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, UK; Mohn Centre for Children's Health and Wellbeing, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, UK; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, UK
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Kuitunen I, Nikkilä A, Kiviranta P, Jääskeläinen J, Auvinen A. Risk of childhood neoplasms related to neonatal phototherapy- a systematic review and meta-analysis. Pediatr Res 2024:10.1038/s41390-024-03191-7. [PMID: 38615073 DOI: 10.1038/s41390-024-03191-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2023] [Revised: 03/18/2024] [Accepted: 03/24/2024] [Indexed: 04/15/2024]
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CONTEXT Observational studies have shown conflicting results as to whether exposure to neonatal phototherapy is associated with increased rates of childhood cancer. OBJECTIVE To describe the rates of childhood neoplasms and cancer after neonatal phototherapy. DATA SOURCES The CENTRAL, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases. STUDY SELECTION Observational studies regardless of design were included. DATA EXTRACTION The data were extracted by one author and validated by another. The risk-of-bias assessment was performed using the ROBINS-E and Joanna Briggs Institute critical appraisal tools. RESULTS Six cohort and 10 case-control studies were included. The overall risk of bias was high in seven and low in nine studies. In cohort studies, the odds ratio (OR) was increased for hematopoietic cancer (1.44; confidence interval [CI]: 1.16-1.80) and solid tumors (OR: 1.18; CI: 1.00-1.40). In case-control studies, the OR was 1.63 (CI: 0.99-2.67) for hematopoietic cancers and 1.18 (CI: 1.04-1.34) for solid tumors. CONCLUSIONS Children with a history of neonatal phototherapy had increased risk of hematopoietic cancer and solid tumors. The evidence quality was limited due to the high risk of bias and potential residual confounding. IMPACT STATEMENT Exposure to neonatal phototherapy increased later risk of hematopoietic cancer and solid tumors. This is the most comprehensive study on the association between phototherapy and cancer, but the evidence quality was limited due risk of bias and residual confounding. Future large scale well conducted studies are still needed to better estimate the association and.
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- Ilari Kuitunen
- University of Eastern Finland, Institute of Clinical Medicine and Department of Pediatrics, Kuopio, Finland.
- Kuopio University Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Kuopio, Finland.
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- Tampere University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technologies, Tampere, Finland
- Kanta-Häme Central Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Hämeenlinna, Finland
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- University of Eastern Finland, Institute of Clinical Medicine and Department of Pediatrics, Kuopio, Finland
- Kuopio University Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Kuopio, Finland
- The Finnish Medical Society Duodecim, Helsinki, Finland
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- University of Eastern Finland, Institute of Clinical Medicine and Department of Pediatrics, Kuopio, Finland
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- Tampere University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Epidemiology, Tampere, Finland
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Hietikko R, Mirtti T, Kilpeläinen TP, Tolonen T, Räisänen-Sokolowski A, Nordling S, Hannus J, Laurila M, Taari K, Tammela TLJ, Autio R, Natunen K, Auvinen A, Rannikko A. Expected impact of MRI-targeted biopsy interreader variability among uropathologists on ProScreen prostate cancer screening trial: a pre-trial validation study. World J Urol 2024; 42:217. [PMID: 38581590 PMCID: PMC10998811 DOI: 10.1007/s00345-024-04898-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/08/2024] Open
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PURPOSE Prostate cancer (PCa) histology, particularly the Gleason score, is an independent prognostic predictor in PCa. Little is known about the inter-reader variability in grading of targeted prostate biopsy based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The aim of this study was to assess inter-reader variability in Gleason grading of MRI-targeted biopsy among uropathologists and its potential impact on a population-based randomized PCa screening trial (ProScreen). METHODS From June 2014 to May 2018, 100 men with clinically suspected PCa were retrospectively selected. All men underwent prostate MRI and 86 underwent targeted prostate of the prostate. Six pathologists individually reviewed the pathology slides of the prostate biopsies. The five-tier ISUP (The International Society of Urological Pathology) grade grouping (GG) system was used. Fleiss' weighted kappa (κ) and Model-based kappa for associations were computed to estimate the combined agreement between individual pathologists. RESULTS GG reporting of targeted prostate was highly consistent among the trial pathologists. Inter-reader agreement for cancer (GG1-5) vs. benign was excellent (Model-based kappa 0.90, Fleiss' kappa κ = 0.90) and for clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa) (GG2-5 vs. GG0 vs. GG1), it was good (Model-based kappa 0.70, Fleiss' kappa κ 0.67). CONCLUSIONS Inter-reader agreement in grading of MRI-targeted biopsy was good to excellent, while it was fair to moderate for MRI in the same cohort, as previously shown. Importantly, there was wide consensus by pathologists in assigning the contemporary GG on MRI-targeted biopsy suggesting high reproducibility of pathology reporting in the ProScreen trial.
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- Ronja Hietikko
- Department of Urology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
- Research Program in Systems Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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- Research Program in Systems Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- HUS Diagnostic Center, Department of Pathology, HUS Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Urology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Research Program in Systems Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Fimlab Laboratories, Department of Pathology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- HUS Diagnostic Center, Department of Pathology, HUS Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Pathology, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Pathology, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Fimlab Laboratories, Department of Pathology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Fimlab Laboratories, Department of Pathology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Urology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Urology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Urology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Research Program in Systems Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Auvinen A, Tammela TLJ, Mirtti T, Lilja H, Tolonen T, Kenttämies A, Rinta-Kiikka I, Lehtimäki T, Natunen K, Nevalainen J, Raitanen J, Ronkainen J, van der Kwast T, Riikonen J, Pétas A, Matikainen M, Taari K, Kilpeläinen T, Rannikko AS. Prostate Cancer Screening With PSA, Kallikrein Panel, and MRI: The ProScreen Randomized Trial. JAMA 2024:2817323. [PMID: 38581254 PMCID: PMC10999002 DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.3841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/08/2024]
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Importance Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening has potential to reduce prostate cancer mortality but frequently detects prostate cancer that is not clinically important. Objective To describe rates of low-grade (grade group 1) and high-grade (grade groups 2-5) prostate cancer identified among men invited to participate in a prostate cancer screening protocol consisting of a PSA test, a 4-kallikrein panel, and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan. Design, Setting, and Participants The ProScreen trial is a clinical trial conducted in Helsinki and Tampere, Finland, that randomized 61 193 men aged 50 through 63 years who were free of prostate cancer in a 1:3 ratio to either be invited or not be invited to undergo screening for prostate cancer between February 2018 and July 2020. Interventions Participating men randomized to the intervention underwent PSA testing. Those with a PSA level of 3.0 ng/mL or higher underwent additional testing for high-grade prostate cancer with a 4-kallikrein panel risk score. Those with a kallikrein panel score of 7.5% or higher underwent an MRI of the prostate gland, followed by targeted biopsies for those with abnormal prostate gland MRI findings. Final data collection occurred through June 31, 2023. Main Outcomes and Measures In descriptive exploratory analyses, the cumulative incidence of low-grade and high-grade prostate cancer after the first screening round were compared between the group invited to undergo prostate cancer screening and the control group. Results Of 60 745 eligible men (mean [SD] age, 57.2 [4.0] years), 15 201 were randomized to be invited and 45 544 were randomized not to be invited to undergo prostate cancer screening. Of 15 201 eligible males invited to undergo screening, 7744 (51%) participated. Among them, 32 low-grade prostate cancers (cumulative incidence, 0.41%) and 128 high-grade prostate cancers (cumulative incidence, 1.65%) were detected, with 1 cancer grade group result missing. Among the 7457 invited men (49%) who refused participation, 7 low-grade prostate cancers (cumulative incidence, 0.1%) and 44 high-grade prostate cancers (cumulative incidence, 0.6%) were detected, with 7 cancer grade groups missing. For the entire invited screening group, 39 low-grade prostate cancers (cumulative incidence, 0.26%) and 172 high-grade prostate cancers (cumulative incidence, 1.13%) were detected. During a median follow-up of 3.2 years, in the group not invited to undergo screening, 65 low-grade prostate cancers (cumulative incidence, 0.14%) and 282 high-grade prostate cancers (cumulative incidence, 0.62%) were detected. The risk difference for the entire group randomized to the screening invitation vs the control group was 0.11% (95% CI, 0.03%-0.20%) for low-grade and 0.51% (95% CI, 0.33%-0.70%) for high-grade cancer. Conclusions and Relevance In this preliminary descriptive report from an ongoing randomized clinical trial, 1 additional high-grade cancer per 196 men and 1 low-grade cancer per 909 men were detected among those randomized to be invited to undergo a single prostate cancer screening intervention compared with those not invited to undergo screening. These preliminary findings from a single round of screening should be interpreted cautiously, pending results of the study's primary mortality outcome. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03423303.
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- Anssi Auvinen
- Tampere University, Unit of Health Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere, Finland
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- Tampere University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere, Finland
- Department of Urology, Tays Cancer Centre, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Helsinki University Hospital, Department of Pathology, Helsinki, Finland
- University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, Helsinki, Finland
- iCAN-Digital Precision Cancer Medicine Flagship, Helsinki, Finland
- Research Program in Systems Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
- Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Surgery, and Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Tampere University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere, Finland
- Department of Pathology, FimLab Laboratories, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Radiology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Tampere University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere, Finland
- Department of Radiology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Tampere University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere, Finland
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, FimLab Laboratories, Tampere, Finland
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- Tampere University, Unit of Health Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere, Finland
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- Tampere University, Unit of Health Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere, Finland
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- Tampere University, Unit of Health Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere, Finland
- UKK-Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Radiology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Urology, Tays Cancer Centre, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Urology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Urology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Urology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Research Program in Systems Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Urology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, Helsinki, Finland
- iCAN-Digital Precision Cancer Medicine Flagship, Helsinki, Finland
- Research Program in Systems Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Urology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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Talala K, Walter S, Taari K, Tammela TLJ, Kujala P, Auvinen A. Screening history and risk of death from prostate cancer: a nested case-control study within the screening arm of the Finnish Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (FinRSPC). Cancer Causes Control 2024; 35:695-703. [PMID: 38063980 PMCID: PMC10960891 DOI: 10.1007/s10552-023-01828-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 03/24/2024]
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PURPOSE We assessed the risk of death from prostate cancer (PCa) in relation to men's screening histories, i.e., screening attendance among men who were offered screening. METHODS Men in the Finnish Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (FinRSPC) screening arm were invited to up to three screening rounds with the serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test at 4-year intervals during 1996-2007. Case subjects (n = 330) were men who died from PCa. Each case was matched to five controls (n = 1544) among the men who were free of PCa. Screening history was defined as (1) never/ever attended screening prior to the case diagnosis; (2) attended at the first screening round; and (3) recency of screening, calculated as the time from last screening attendance to the date of case diagnosis. The association between screening history and the risk of death from PCa was estimated by odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) using conditional logistic regression. RESULTS Having ever attended screening versus never attended was associated with a reduced risk of PCa death (OR 0.60, 95% CI 0.45-0.81) and a similar association was found for those attended (versus not attended) the first screening round (OR 0.67, 95% CI 0.51-0.87). The effect by time since last screen for the risk of PCa death was significantly lower 2-7 years since last screen. CONCLUSION Among men invited to screening, subjects who attended any PSA screening during the previous 19 years had a 40% reduction in PCa mortality compared to non-screened men.
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- Kirsi Talala
- Finnish Cancer Registry, Unioninkatu 22, 00130, Helsinki, Finland.
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, L8S 3L8, Canada
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- Department of Urology, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, 00029, Helsinki, Finland
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33014, Tampere, Finland
- Department of Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, 33521, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Pathology, Fimlab Laboratories, 33101, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences/Health Sciences, Tampere University, 33014, Tampere, Finland
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Iivanainen A, Raitanen J, Auvinen A. Incidence of vestibular schwannoma in Finland, 1990-2017. Acta Oncol 2024; 63:111-117. [PMID: 38578202 DOI: 10.2340/1651-226x.2024.20352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024]
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BACKGROUND An increasing trend in incidence of vestibular schwannomas (VS) has been reported, though not consistently, across populations. Materials and methods: We obtained data from the Finnish Cancer Registry on 1,149 VS cases diagnosed in 1990-2017 with tabular data up to 2022. We calculated age-standardised incidence rates (ASR) overall, by sex, and for 10-year age groups. We analysed time trends using Poisson and joinpoint regression. RESULTS The average ASR of VS in Finland during 1990-2017 was 8.6/1,000,000 person-years for women and 7.5/1,000,000 for men. A declining trend was found with an average annual percent change of -1.7% (95% confidence interval [CI]: -2.8%, -0.6%) for women, -2.2% (95% CI: -3.6%, -0.7%) for men, and -1.9% (95% CI: -2.9%, -1.0%) for both sexes combined. The ASR in women was 11.6/1,000,000 person-years in 1990 and it decreased to 8.2/1,000,000 by 2017. Correspondingly, the incidence in men was 7.1/1,000,000 in 1990 and decreased to 5.1/1,000,000 by 2017. Some decline in incidence over time was found in all age groups below 80 years, but the decline (2.3-3.1% per year) was statistically significant only in age groups 40-49, 50-59, and 60-69 years. In the oldest age group (80+ years), the incidence of VS increased by 16% per year. For 2018-2022, the ASR was 7.6/1,000,000 for both sexes combined, with a decline by -1.7% (95% CI: -2.3%, -1.2%) annually for the entire period 1990-2022. CONCLUSION In contrast to the increasing incidence reported in some studies, we found a decreasing trend in VS incidence for both sexes in Finland.
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- Aino Iivanainen
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland; UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland; STUK - Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Environmental Surveillance, Vantaa, Finland
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Feychting M, Schüz J, Toledano MB, Vermeulen R, Auvinen A, Harbo Poulsen A, Deltour I, Smith RB, Heller J, Kromhout H, Huss A, Johansen C, Tettamanti G, Elliott P. Mobile phone use and brain tumour risk - COSMOS, a prospective cohort study. Environ Int 2024; 185:108552. [PMID: 38458118 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2024] [Revised: 02/27/2024] [Accepted: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/10/2024]
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BACKGROUND Each new generation of mobile phone technology has triggered discussions about potential carcinogenicity from exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF). Available evidence has been insufficient to conclude about long-term and heavy mobile phone use, limited by differential recall and selection bias, or crude exposure assessment. The Cohort Study on Mobile Phones and Health (COSMOS) was specifically designed to overcome these shortcomings. METHODS We recruited participants in Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the UK 2007-2012. The baseline questionnaire assessed lifetime history of mobile phone use. Participants were followed through population-based cancer registers to identify glioma, meningioma, and acoustic neuroma cases during follow-up. Non-differential exposure misclassification was reduced by adjusting estimates of mobile phone call-time through regression calibration methods based on self-reported data and objective operator-recorded information at baseline. Hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for glioma, meningioma, and acoustic neuroma in relation to lifetime history of mobile phone use were estimated with Cox regression models with attained age as the underlying time-scale, adjusted for country, sex, educational level, and marital status. RESULTS 264,574 participants accrued 1,836,479 person-years. During a median follow-up of 7.12 years, 149 glioma, 89 meningioma, and 29 incident cases of acoustic neuroma were diagnosed. The adjusted HR per 100 regression-calibrated cumulative hours of mobile phone call-time was 1.00 (95 % CI 0.98-1.02) for glioma, 1.01 (95 % CI 0.96-1.06) for meningioma, and 1.02 (95 % CI 0.99-1.06) for acoustic neuroma. For glioma, the HR for ≥ 1908 regression-calibrated cumulative hours (90th percentile cut-point) was 1.07 (95 % CI 0.62-1.86). Over 15 years of mobile phone use was not associated with an increased tumour risk; for glioma the HR was 0.97 (95 % CI 0.62-1.52). CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that the cumulative amount of mobile phone use is not associated with the risk of developing glioma, meningioma, or acoustic neuroma.
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- Maria Feychting
- Unit of Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, Lyon, France
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK; Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK; National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit in Chemical and Radiation Threats and Hazards, Imperial College London, London, UK; Mohn Centre for Children's Health and Wellbeing, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Utrecht University, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht, the Netherlands; University Medical Center Utrecht, Julius Center, the Netherlands
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- STUK - Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Environmental Surveillance, Vantaa, Finland; Tampere University, Faculty of Social Sciences/Health Sciences, Tampere, Finland
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, Lyon, France
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK; Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK; National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit in Chemical and Radiation Threats and Hazards, Imperial College London, London, UK; Mohn Centre for Children's Health and Wellbeing, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Utrecht University, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Utrecht University, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- CASTLE Cancer Late Effect Research Oncology Clinic, Center for Surgery and Cancer, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Unit of Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK; Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK; National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit in Chemical and Radiation Threats and Hazards, Imperial College London, London, UK; NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre, Imperial College London, London, UK.
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Kukko V, Kaipia A, Talala K, Taari K, Tammela TLJ, Auvinen A, Murtola TJ. Allopurinol and prostate cancer survival in a Finnish population-based cohort. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 2024; 27:73-80. [PMID: 36131010 PMCID: PMC10876474 DOI: 10.1038/s41391-022-00597-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Revised: 08/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Allopurinol is gout medication that inhibits uric acid formation. Its possible anti-carcinogenic properties have been under research in past years. Studies based on Taiwanese registries showed that long term allopurinol use might reduce prostate cancer (PCa) incidence. However, our studies based on Finnish registries did not support those findings. In this study, we evaluate whether allopurinol use is associated with prostate cancer-specific survival (CSS) or overall survival (OS) in a Finnish population-based cohort. METHODS The study cohort was originally enrolled for the Finnish Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (FinRSPC). We included all newly diagnosed PCa cases during 1996-2015, 9252 men in total. Information on allopurinol purchases was from the national prescription registry of the Social Insurance Institution of Finland. Information about deaths, treatments, and use of other medications was obtained from registries, and tumor stage and PSA at diagnosis from medical records. Follow-up started at diagnosis, and we analysed separately two endpoints: PCa-specific death and overall death. We used an extended Cox regression with adjustment for age at diagnosis, Charlson comorbidity index, FinRSPC trial arm, use of other drugs and EAU PCa risk group. RESULTS During a median follow-up of 9.86 years, 2942 deaths occurred, including 883 from PCa. There was no difference in CSS between allopurinol user and non-users, but allopurinol users had lower OS (multivariable-adjusted hazard ratio 1.77; 95% CI: 1.57-2.00). However, this decrease in OS was mitigated along with increasing intensity of allopurinol use. CONCLUSIONS We found no marked difference in CSS by allopurinol use. Allopurinol users had lower OS but there were no significant differences by duration or intensity of allopurinol use. Allopurinol use may not have anticancer effects against prostate cancer; instead, it may be a surrogate for metabolic problems causing shorter OS among men with PCa.
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- Ville Kukko
- Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
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- Department of Urology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Urology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
- Department of Urology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
- Department of Urology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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Åkerla J, Pesonen JS, Peltonen E, Huhtala H, Häkkinen J, Koskimäki J, Tammela TLJ, Auvinen A, Pöyhönen A. Do men adapt to lower urinary tract symptoms? An 11-year longitudinal study of male urinary urgency and associated bother. Scand J Urol 2024; 59:47-53. [PMID: 38406924 DOI: 10.2340/sju.v59.18289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
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OBJECTIVE The study objective is to evaluate prognosis and predictors of bother caused by urinary urgency among middle-aged and older men. MATERIAL AND METHODS A population-based sample of men born in 1974, 1964, 1954, 1944, 1934 and 1924 was followed-up from 2004 to 2015. The course of urgency and associated bother was evaluated with the Danish Prostatic Symptom Score at baseline and follow-up. Logistic regression was utilized to explore risk factors of increased bother at follow-up. RESULTS A total of 2,480 men (39%) who had responded at baseline and follow-up were included in the study. Of them, 1,056 men (43%) had persistent mild urgency and 132 men (5%) persistent moderate or severe urgency at follow-up. The proportions of men experiencing at least moderate bother due to persistent urgency at follow-up were 6% (95% confidence interval 4.5-7.3) of those with mild and 79% (71.7-85.9) of the men with moderate or severe urgency. In multivariable-adjusted logistic regression, moderate to severe urgency was strongly associated with bother (odds ratio, OR 55.2, 95% CI 32.1-95.2). Other predictors of bother included cardiac disease (OR 1.8, 95% CI 1.0-31.1), pulmonary disease (OR 1.9, 95% CI 1.1-3.5) and medical treatment (OR 2.7, 95% CI 1.6-4.6). CONCLUSIONS Most men with urinary urgency have mild symptoms and bother. Only one out of five men with persistent moderate or severe urgency adapt to the symptoms. Men with a history of medical treatment for lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) or impaired cardiopulmonary health are more likely to experience bother from urinary urgency.
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- Jonne Åkerla
- Department of Urology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland; Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.
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- Department of Urology, Päijät-Häme Central Hospital, Lahti, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Urology, Länsi-Pohja healthcare district, Kemi, Finland
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- Department of Urology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Urology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland; Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Centre for Military Medicine, The Finnish Defence Forces, Riihimäki, Finland
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Oko-Oboh GA, Auvinen A, Obaseki DE, Pitkäniemi J. Improving cancer incidence evaluation through local government area matching: a study of the Edo-Benin cancer registry in Nigeria. BMC Public Health 2024; 24:514. [PMID: 38373974 PMCID: PMC10875802 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-17972-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2023] [Accepted: 02/03/2024] [Indexed: 02/21/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Cancer registries in Nigeria, as well as in other sub-Saharan African countries, face challenges in adhering to international cancer registration standards. We aimed to improve cancer incidence estimation by identifying under-reporting of new cancers through matching patient-reported local government areas (LGAs) in Edo state, Nigeria, to their respective catchment populations. METHODS Information on cancers was obtained from records of hospitals, medical clinics, pathology laboratories, and death certificates according to IARC guidelines. We utilized normalized scores to establish consistency in the number of cancers by calendar time, and standardized incidence ratios (SIR) to assess the variation in cancer incidence across LGAs compared to Edo state average. Subsequently, we estimated sex- and site-specific annual incidence using the average number of cancers from 2016 to 2018 and the predicted mid-year population in three LGAs. Age-standardization was performed using the direct method with the World Standard Population of 1966. RESULTS The number of incident cancers consistent between 2016-2018 in Egor, Oredo, and Uhunmwonde showed a significantly increased SIR. From 2016 to 2018 in these three LGAs, 1,045 new cancers were reported, with 453 (42.4%) in males and 592 (57.6%) in females. The average annual age-standardized incidence rate (ASR) was 50.6 (95% CI: 45.2 - 56.6) per 105. In men, the highest incidence was prostate cancer (ASR: 22.4 per 105), and in women, it was breast cancer (ASR: 16.5 per 105), and cervical cancer (ASR: 12.0 per 105). Microscopically verified cancers accounted for 98.1%. CONCLUSIONS We found lower age-standardized incidence rates than those reported earlier for the Edo state population. Collecting information on the local government areas of the cancers allows better matching with the respective target population. We recommend using LGA information to improve the evaluation of population-based cancer incidence in sub-Saharan countries.
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- Gregrey A Oko-Oboh
- Health Sciences Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Arvo Ylpön Katu 34, 33520, Tampere, Finland.
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- Health Sciences Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Arvo Ylpön Katu 34, 33520, Tampere, Finland
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- Health Sciences Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Arvo Ylpön Katu 34, 33520, Tampere, Finland
- Finnish Cancer Registry, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Åkerla J, Nevalainen J, Pesonen JS, Pöyhönen A, Koskimäki J, Häkkinen J, Tammela TLJ, Auvinen A. Do LUTS Predict Mortality? An Analysis Using Random Forest Algorithms. Clin Interv Aging 2024; 19:237-245. [PMID: 38371602 PMCID: PMC10873145 DOI: 10.2147/cia.s432368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024] Open
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Purpose To evaluate a random forest (RF) algorithm of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) as a predictor of all-cause mortality in a population-based cohort. Materials and Methods A population-based cohort of 3143 men born in 1924, 1934, and 1944 was evaluated using a mailed questionnaire including the Danish Prostatic Symptom Score (DAN-PSS-1) to assess LUTS as well as questions on medical conditions and behavioral and sociodemographic factors. Surveys were repeated in 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2015. The cohort was followed-up for vital status until the end of 2018. RF uses an ensemble of classification trees for prediction with a good flexibility and without overfitting. RF algorithms were developed to predict the five-year mortality using LUTS, demographic, medical, and behavioral factors alone and in combinations. Results A total of 2663 men were included in the study, of whom 917 (34%) died during follow-up (median follow-up time 15.0 years). The LUTS-based RF algorithm showed an area under the curve (AUC) 0.60 (95% CI 0.52-0.69) for five-year mortality. An expanded RF algorithm, including LUTS, medical history, and behavioral and sociodemographic factors, yielded an AUC 0.73 (0.65-0.81), while an algorithm excluding LUTS yielded an AUC 0.71 (0.62-0.78). Conclusion An exploratory RF algorithm using LUTS can predict all-cause mortality with acceptable discrimination at the group level. In clinical practice, it is unlikely that LUTS will improve the accuracy to predict death if the patient's background is well known.
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- Jonne Åkerla
- Department of Urology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Surgery, Päijät-Häme Central Hospital, Lahti, Finland
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- Centre for Military Medicine, The Finnish Defence Forces, Riihimäki, Finland
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- Department of Urology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Urology, Länsi-Pohja healthcare District, Kemi, Finland
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- Department of Urology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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Pylväläinen J, Hoffström J, Kenttämies A, Auvinen A, Mirtti T, Rannikko A. Risk of clinically significant prostate cancer after a non-suspicious prostate MRI - a comparison with the general population. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2024:733784. [PMID: 38270536 DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-23-1208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2023] [Revised: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 01/26/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND We compare the risk of clinically significant (csPCa; ISUP Grade Group ≥ 2) and insignificant prostate cancer (isPCa; ISUP Grade Group 1) in men with a non-suspicious prostate MRI (nMRI; PI-RADS ≤ 2) with the general population, and assess the value of PSA density (PSAD) in stratification. METHODS In this retrospective population-based cohort study we identified 1,682 50-79-year-old men, who underwent nMRI at HUS (2016-2019). We compared their age-standardized incidence rates (IRs) of csPCa and the odds of isPCa to a local age- and sex-matched general population (n=230,458) during a six-year follow-up. Comparisons were performed by calculating incidence rate ratios (IRRs) and odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). We repeated the comparison for the 920 men with nMRI and PSAD < 0.15 ng/ml/cm3. RESULTS Compared with the general population, the IR of csPCa was significantly higher after nMRI (1852 vs. 552 per 100,000 person-years; IRR 3.4 [CI 2.8-4.1]). However, the IR was substantially lower if PSAD was low (778 per 100,000 person-years; IRR 1.4 [CI 0.9-2.0]). ORs for isPCa were 2.4 (CI 1.7-3.5) for all men with nMRI and 5.0 (CI 2.8-9.1) if PSAD was low. CONCLUSIONS Compared with the general population, the risk of csPCa is not negligible after nMRI. However, men with nMRI and PSAD <0.15 ng/ml/cm3 have worse harm-benefit balance than men in the general population. IMPACT Prostate biopsies for men with nMRI should be reserved for cases indicated by additional risk stratification.
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- University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Nevalainen J, Raitanen J, Natunen K, Kilpeläinen T, Rannikko A, Tammela T, Auvinen A. Early detection of clinically significant prostate cancer: protocol summary and statistical analysis plan for the ProScreen randomised trial. BMJ Open 2024; 14:e075595. [PMID: 38195170 PMCID: PMC10806703 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION Evidence on the effectiveness of prostate cancer screening based on prostate-specific antigen is inconclusive and suggests a questionable balance between benefits and harms due to overdiagnosis, and complications from biopsies and overtreatment. However, diagnostic accuracy studies have shown that detection of clinically insignificant prostate cancer can be reduced by MRI combined with targeted biopsies.The aim of the paper is to describe the analysis of the ProScreen randomised trial to assess the performance of the novel screening algorithm in terms of the primary outcome, prostate cancer mortality and secondary outcomes as intermediate indicators of screening benefits and harms of screening. METHODS The trial aims to recruit at least 111 000 men to achieve sufficient statistical power for the primary outcome. Men will be allocated in a 1:3 ratio to the screening and control arms. Interim analysis is planned at 10 years of follow-up, and the final analysis at 15 years. Difference between the trial arms in prostate cancer mortality will be assessed by Gray's test using intention-to-screen analysis of randomised men. Secondary outcomes will be the incidence of prostate cancer by disease aggressiveness, progression to advanced prostate cancer, death due to any cause and cost-effectiveness of screening. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION The trial protocol was reviewed by the ethical committee of the Helsinki University Hospital (2910/2017). Results will be disseminated through publications in international peer-reviewed journals and at scientific meetings. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT03423303.
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- Faculty of Social Sciences (Health Sciences) and Gerontology Research Center, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
- Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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Wang A, Shen J, Rodriguez AA, Saunders EJ, Chen F, Janivara R, Darst BF, Sheng X, Xu Y, Chou AJ, Benlloch S, Dadaev T, Brook MN, Plym A, Sahimi A, Hoffman TJ, Takahashi A, Matsuda K, Momozawa Y, Fujita M, Laisk T, Figuerêdo J, Muir K, Ito S, Liu X, Uchio Y, Kubo M, Kamatani Y, Lophatananon A, Wan P, Andrews C, Lori A, Choudhury PP, Schleutker J, Tammela TL, Sipeky C, Auvinen A, Giles GG, Southey MC, MacInnis RJ, Cybulski C, Wokolorczyk D, Lubinski J, Rentsch CT, Cho K, Mcmahon BH, Neal DE, Donovan JL, Hamdy FC, Martin RM, Nordestgaard BG, Nielsen SF, Weischer M, Bojesen SE, Røder A, Stroomberg HV, Batra J, Chambers S, Horvath L, Clements JA, Tilly W, Risbridger GP, Gronberg H, Aly M, Szulkin R, Eklund M, Nordstrom T, Pashayan N, Dunning AM, Ghoussaini M, Travis RC, Key TJ, Riboli E, Park JY, Sellers TA, Lin HY, Albanes D, Weinstein S, Cook MB, Mucci LA, Giovannucci E, Lindstrom S, Kraft P, Hunter DJ, Penney KL, Turman C, Tangen CM, Goodman PJ, Thompson IM, Hamilton RJ, Fleshner NE, Finelli A, Parent MÉ, Stanford JL, Ostrander EA, Koutros S, Beane Freeman LE, Stampfer M, Wolk A, Håkansson N, Andriole GL, Hoover RN, Machiela MJ, Sørensen KD, Borre M, Blot WJ, Zheng W, Yeboah ED, Mensah JE, Lu YJ, Zhang HW, Feng N, Mao X, Wu Y, Zhao SC, Sun Z, Thibodeau SN, McDonnell SK, Schaid DJ, West CM, Barnett G, Maier C, Schnoeller T, Luedeke M, Kibel AS, Drake BF, Cussenot O, Cancel-Tassin G, Menegaux F, Truong T, Koudou YA, John EM, Grindedal EM, Maehle L, Khaw KT, Ingles SA, Stern MC, Vega A, Gómez-Caamaño A, Fachal L, Rosenstein BS, Kerns SL, Ostrer H, Teixeira MR, Paulo P, Brandão A, Watya S, Lubwama A, Bensen JT, Butler EN, Mohler JL, Taylor JA, Kogevinas M, Dierssen-Sotos T, Castaño-Vinyals G, Cannon-Albright L, Teerlink CC, Huff CD, Pilie P, Yu Y, Bohlender RJ, Gu J, Strom SS, Multigner L, Blanchet P, Brureau L, Kaneva R, Slavov C, Mitev V, Leach RJ, Brenner H, Chen X, Holleczek B, Schöttker B, Klein EA, Hsing AW, Kittles RA, Murphy AB, Logothetis CJ, Kim J, Neuhausen SL, Steele L, Ding YC, Isaacs WB, Nemesure B, Hennis AJ, Carpten J, Pandha H, Michael A, Ruyck KD, Meerleer GD, Ost P, Xu J, Razack A, Lim J, Teo SH, Newcomb LF, Lin DW, Fowke JH, Neslund-Dudas CM, Rybicki BA, Gamulin M, Lessel D, Kulis T, Usmani N, Abraham A, Singhal S, Parliament M, Claessens F, Joniau S, den Broeck TV, Gago-Dominguez M, Castelao JE, Martinez ME, Larkin S, Townsend PA, Aukim-Hastie C, Bush WS, Aldrich MC, Crawford DC, Srivastava S, Cullen J, Petrovics G, Casey G, Wang Y, Tettey Y, Lachance J, Tang W, Biritwum RB, Adjei AA, Tay E, Truelove A, Niwa S, Yamoah K, Govindasami K, Chokkalingam AP, Keaton JM, Hellwege JN, Clark PE, Jalloh M, Gueye SM, Niang L, Ogunbiyi O, Shittu O, Amodu O, Adebiyi AO, Aisuodionoe-Shadrach OI, Ajibola HO, Jamda MA, Oluwole OP, Nwegbu M, Adusei B, Mante S, Darkwa-Abrahams A, Diop H, Gundell SM, Roobol MJ, Jenster G, van Schaik RH, Hu JJ, Sanderson M, Kachuri L, Varma R, McKean-Cowdin R, Torres M, Preuss MH, Loos RJ, Zawistowski M, Zöllner S, Lu Z, Van Den Eeden SK, Easton DF, Ambs S, Edwards TL, Mägi R, Rebbeck TR, Fritsche L, Chanock SJ, Berndt SI, Wiklund F, Nakagawa H, Witte JS, Gaziano JM, Justice AC, Mancuso N, Terao C, Eeles RA, Kote-Jarai Z, Madduri RK, Conti DV, Haiman CA. Characterizing prostate cancer risk through multi-ancestry genome-wide discovery of 187 novel risk variants. Nat Genet 2023; 55:2065-2074. [PMID: 37945903 PMCID: PMC10841479 DOI: 10.1038/s41588-023-01534-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
Abstract
The transferability and clinical value of genetic risk scores (GRSs) across populations remain limited due to an imbalance in genetic studies across ancestrally diverse populations. Here we conducted a multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of 156,319 prostate cancer cases and 788,443 controls of European, African, Asian and Hispanic men, reflecting a 57% increase in the number of non-European cases over previous prostate cancer genome-wide association studies. We identified 187 novel risk variants for prostate cancer, increasing the total number of risk variants to 451. An externally replicated multi-ancestry GRS was associated with risk that ranged from 1.8 (per standard deviation) in African ancestry men to 2.2 in European ancestry men. The GRS was associated with a greater risk of aggressive versus non-aggressive disease in men of African ancestry (P = 0.03). Our study presents novel prostate cancer susceptibility loci and a GRS with effective risk stratification across ancestry groups.
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- Anqi Wang
- Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology,University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
- Urology Division, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine,University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Institute for Human Genetics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Laboratory for Statistical Analysis, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
- Department of Genomic Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Laboratory of Clinical Genome Sequencing,Graduate school of Frontier Sciences,The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory for Genotyping Development, RIKEN Center of Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Cancer Genomics, RIKEN Center of Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
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- Estonian Genome Centre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Estonian Genome Centre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
| | - Shuji Ito
- Department of Orthopaedics, Shimane University, Izumo, Shimane, Japan
- RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
| | - Xiaoxi Liu
- Laboratory for Statistical and Translational Genetics, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN, Yokohama, Japan
| | - The Biobank Japan Project
- Corresponding Author: Christopher A. Haiman, Harlyne J. Norris Cancer Research Tower, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1450 Biggy Street, Rm 1504, Los Angeles, CA 90033 or
| | - Yuji Uchio
- Department of Orthopaedics, Shimane University, Izumo, Shimane, Japan
| | - Michiaki Kubo
- RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
| | - Yoichiro Kamatani
- Laboratory for Statistical and Translational Genetics, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN, Yokohama, Japan
- Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Artitaya Lophatananon
- Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester, UK
| | - Peggy Wan
- Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine,University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - Caroline Andrews
- Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and Division of Population Sciences,Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Adriana Lori
- Department of Population Science, American Cancer Society, Kennesaw, GA, USA
| | | | - Johanna Schleutker
- Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Department of Medical Genetics, Genomics, Laboratory Division, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
| | | | - Csilla Sipeky
- Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
| | - Anssi Auvinen
- Unit of Health Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
| | - Graham G. Giles
- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health,The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Precision Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
| | - Melissa C. Southey
- Precision Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
| | - Robert J. MacInnis
- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health,The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| | - Cezary Cybulski
- International Hereditary Cancer Center, Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
| | - Dominika Wokolorczyk
- International Hereditary Cancer Center, Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
| | - Jan Lubinski
- International Hereditary Cancer Center, Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
| | - Christopher T. Rentsch
- Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
| | - Kelly Cho
- Division of Aging, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
| | | | - David E. Neal
- Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, UK
- University of Cambridge, Department of Oncology, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
- Cancer Research UK, Cambridge Research Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, UK
| | - Jenny L. Donovan
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
| | - Freddie C. Hamdy
- Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Faculty of Medical Science, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
| | - Richard M. Martin
- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- Medical Research Council (MRC) Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
| | - Borge G. Nordestgaard
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - Sune F. Nielsen
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - Maren Weischer
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - Stig E. Bojesen
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - Andreas Røder
- Copenhagen Prostate Cancer Center, Department of Urology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - Hein V. Stroomberg
- Copenhagen Prostate Cancer Center, Department of Urology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
| | - Jyotsna Batra
- Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre-Qld, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation and School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
- Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
| | | | - Lisa Horvath
- Chris O’Brien Lifehouse (COBLH), Camperdown, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Sydney, Australia
- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia
| | - Judith A. Clements
- Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre-Qld, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation and School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
- Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
| | - Wayne Tilly
- Dame Roma Mitchell Cancer Research Laboratories, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
| | - Gail P. Risbridger
- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Prostate Cancer Translational Research Program, Cancer Research Division, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| | - Henrik Gronberg
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Markus Aly
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, and Department of Urology, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Urology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Robert Szulkin
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
- SDS Life Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Martin Eklund
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Tobias Nordstrom
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Clinical Sciences at Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Nora Pashayan
- University College London, Department of Applied Health Research, London, UK
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Laboratory, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Applied Health Research, University College London, London, UK
| | - Alison M. Dunning
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Laboratory, Cambridge, UK
| | - Maya Ghoussaini
- Open Targets, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Saffron Walden, Hinxton, UK
| | - Ruth C. Travis
- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Tim J. Key
- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Elio Riboli
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
| | - Jong Y. Park
- Department of Cancer Epidemiology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
| | - Thomas A. Sellers
- Department of Cancer Epidemiology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
| | - Hui-Yi Lin
- School of Public Health, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
| | - Demetrius Albanes
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
| | - Stephanie Weinstein
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
| | - Michael B. Cook
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH,, Bethesda, MD, USA
| | - Lorelei A. Mucci
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Edward Giovannucci
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Sara Lindstrom
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Peter Kraft
- Program in Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
| | - David J. Hunter
- Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Kathryn L. Penney
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Constance Turman
- Program in Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Catherine M. Tangen
- SWOG Statistical Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Phyllis J. Goodman
- SWOG Statistical Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Ian M. Thompson
- CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – Medical Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
| | - Robert J. Hamilton
- Dept. of Surgical Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Canada
- Dept. of Surgery (Urology), University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
| | - Neil E. Fleshner
- Dept. of Surgical Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Canada
| | - Antonio Finelli
- Division of Urology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Canada
| | - Marie-Élise Parent
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Laval, QC, Canada
| | - Janet L. Stanford
- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Elaine A. Ostrander
- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
| | - Stella Koutros
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
| | - Laura E. Beane Freeman
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
| | - Meir Stampfer
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Alicja Wolk
- Division of Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
| | - Niclas Håkansson
- Division of Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Gerald L. Andriole
- Brady Urological Institute in National Capital Region, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - Robert N. Hoover
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
| | - Mitchell J. Machiela
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
| | - Karina Dalsgaard Sørensen
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
| | - Michael Borre
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Department of Urology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
| | - William J. Blot
- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
- International Epidemiology Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
| | - Wei Zheng
- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
| | | | - James E. Mensah
- University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana
- Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana
| | - Yong-Jie Lu
- Centre for Molecular Oncology, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, John Vane Science Centre, London, UK
| | | | - Ninghan Feng
- Wuxi Second Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, Jiangzhu Province, China
| | - Xueying Mao
- Centre for Molecular Oncology, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, John Vane Science Centre, London, UK
| | - Yudong Wu
- Department of Urology, First Affiliated Hospital, The Academy of Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
| | - Shan-Chao Zhao
- Department of Urology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
| | - Zan Sun
- The People’s Hospital of Liaoning Proviouce, The People’s Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China, Shenyang, China
| | - Stephen N. Thibodeau
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
| | | | - Daniel J. Schaid
- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
| | - Catharine M.L. West
- Division of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Radiotherapy Related Research, The Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
| | - Gill Barnett
- University of Cambridge Department of Oncology, Oncology Centre, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
| | | | | | | | - Adam S. Kibel
- Division of Urologic Surgery, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
| | | | - Olivier Cussenot
- GRC 5 Predictive Onco-Urology, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
- CeRePP, Paris, France
| | | | - Florence Menegaux
- Exposome and Heredity, CESP (UMR 1018), Paris-Saclay Medical School, Paris-Saclay University, Inserm, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
| | - Thérèse Truong
- Exposome and Heredity, CESP (UMR 1018), Paris-Saclay Medical School, Paris-Saclay University, Inserm, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
| | - Yves Akoli Koudou
- Cancer & Environment Group, Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP), INSERM, University Paris-Sud, University Paris-Saclay, Villejuif Cédex, France
| | - Esther M. John
- Department of Medicine, Stanford Cancer Institute,Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
| | | | - Lovise Maehle
- Department of Medical Genetics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
| | - Kay-Tee Khaw
- Clinical Gerontology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
| | - Sue A. Ingles
- Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - Mariana C Stern
- Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - Ana Vega
- Fundación Pública Galega Medicina Xenómica, Santiago De Compostela, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago De Compostela, Spain
- Centro de Investigación en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Spain
| | - Antonio Gómez-Caamaño
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, SERGAS, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | - Laura Fachal
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago De Compostela, Spain
- Centro de Investigación en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Spain
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, UK
- Fundación Pública Galega Medicina Xenómica, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | - Barry S. Rosenstein
- Department of Radiation Oncology and Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
| | - Sarah L. Kerns
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
| | - Harry Ostrer
- Professor of Pathology and Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
| | - Manuel R. Teixeira
- Department of Laboratory Genetics, Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto (IPO Porto) / Porto Comprehensive Cancer Center, Porto, Portugal
- Cancer Genetics Group, IPO Porto Research Center (CI-IPOP) / RISE@CI-IPOP (Health Research Network), Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto (IPO Porto) / Porto Comprehensive Cancer Center, Porto, Portugal
- School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
| | - Paula Paulo
- Cancer Genetics Group, IPO Porto Research Center (CI-IPOP) / RISE@CI-IPOP (Health Research Network), Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto (IPO Porto) / Porto Comprehensive Cancer Center, Porto, Portugal
| | - Andreia Brandão
- Cancer Genetics Group, IPO Porto Research Center (CI-IPOP) / RISE@CI-IPOP (Health Research Network), Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto (IPO Porto) / Porto Comprehensive Cancer Center, Porto, Portugal
| | | | | | - Jeannette T. Bensen
- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
| | - Ebonee N. Butler
- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
| | - James L. Mohler
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Department of Urology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, USA
| | - Jack A. Taylor
- Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
- Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
| | - Manolis Kogevinas
- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain
- IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
| | - Trinidad Dierssen-Sotos
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- University of Cantabria-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
| | - Gemma Castaño-Vinyals
- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain
- IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
| | - Lisa Cannon-Albright
- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
| | - Craig C. Teerlink
- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
| | - Chad D. Huff
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
| | - Patrick Pilie
- Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
| | - Yao Yu
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
| | - Ryan J. Bohlender
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
| | - Jian Gu
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
| | - Sara S. Strom
- The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
| | - Luc Multigner
- Univ Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset (Institut de recherche en santé, environnement et travail), Rennes, France
| | - Pascal Blanchet
- CHU de Pointe-à-Pitre, Univ Antilles, Univ Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset (Institut de recherche en santé, environnement et travail), Pointe-à-Pitre, France
| | - Laurent Brureau
- CHU de Pointe-à-Pitre, Univ Antilles, Univ Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset (Institut de recherche en santé, environnement et travail), Pointe-à-Pitre, France
| | - Radka Kaneva
- Molecular Medicine Center, Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
| | - Chavdar Slavov
- Department of Urology and Alexandrovska University Hospital, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
| | - Vanio Mitev
- Molecular Medicine Center, Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
| | - Robin J. Leach
- Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy and Mays Cancer Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
| | - Hermann Brenner
- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- Division of Preventive Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Xuechen Chen
- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
| | | | - Ben Schöttker
- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Eric A. Klein
- Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
| | - Ann W. Hsing
- Department of Medicine and Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
| | | | - Adam B. Murphy
- Department of Urology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
| | - Christopher J. Logothetis
- The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, Houston, TX, USA
| | - Jeri Kim
- The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, Houston, TX, USA
| | - Susan L. Neuhausen
- Department of Population Sciences, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA
| | - Linda Steele
- Department of Population Sciences, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA
| | - Yuan Chun Ding
- Department of Population Sciences, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA
| | - William B. Isaacs
- James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital and Medical Institution, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - Barbara Nemesure
- Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
| | - Anselm J.M. Hennis
- Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
- Chronic Disease Research Centre and Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Bridgetown, Barbados
| | - John Carpten
- Department of Translational Genomics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | | | | | - Kim De Ruyck
- Ghent University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Basic Medical Sciences, Ghent, Belgium
| | - Gert De Meerleer
- Ghent University Hospital, Department of Radiotherapy, Ghent, Belgium
| | - Piet Ost
- Ghent University Hospital, Department of Radiotherapy, Ghent, Belgium
| | - Jianfeng Xu
- Program for Personalized Cancer Care and Department of Surgery, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL, USA
| | - Azad Razack
- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
| | - Jasmine Lim
- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
| | - Soo-Hwang Teo
- Cancer Research Malaysia (CRM), Outpatient Centre, Subang Jaya Medical Centre, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
| | - Lisa F. Newcomb
- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Daniel W. Lin
- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Jay H. Fowke
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Division of Epidemiology,The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
| | | | - Benjamin A. Rybicki
- Department of Public Health Sciences, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Detroit, MI, USA
| | - Marija Gamulin
- Division of Medical Oncology, Urogenital Unit, Department of Oncology, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - Davor Lessel
- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
| | - Tomislav Kulis
- Department of Urology, University Hospital Center Zagreb, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - Nawaid Usmani
- Department of Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Division of Radiation Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
| | - Aswin Abraham
- Department of Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Division of Radiation Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
| | - Sandeep Singhal
- Department of Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
| | - Matthew Parliament
- Department of Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Division of Radiation Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
| | - Frank Claessens
- Molecular Endocrinology Laboratory, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Leuven, Belgium
| | - Steven Joniau
- Department of Urology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
| | - Thomas Van den Broeck
- Molecular Endocrinology Laboratory, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Urology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
| | - Manuela Gago-Dominguez
- Genomic Medicine Group, Galician Foundation of Genomic Medicine, Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, Servicio Galego de Saúde, SERGAS, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- University of California San Diego, Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, CA, USA
| | - Jose Esteban Castelao
- Genetic Oncology Unit, CHUVI Hospital, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica Galicia Sur (IISGS), Vigo (Pontevedra), Spain
| | - Maria Elena Martinez
- University of California San Diego, Moores Cancer Center, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
| | - Samantha Larkin
- Scientific Education Support, Thames Ditton, Surrey, Formerly Cancer Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
| | - Paul A. Townsend
- School of Biosciences and Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Surrey, UK
| | | | - William S. Bush
- Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
| | - Melinda C. Aldrich
- Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
| | - Dana C. Crawford
- Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
| | - Shiv Srivastava
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
| | - Jennifer Cullen
- Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Department of Surgery, Center for Prostate Disease Research,Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
| | - Gyorgy Petrovics
- Department of Surgery, Center for Prostate Disease Research,Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
| | - Graham Casey
- Department of Public Health Science, Center for Public Health Genomics,University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
| | - Ying Wang
- Department of Population Science, American Cancer Society, Kennesaw, GA, USA
| | - Yao Tettey
- Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana
- Department of Pathology, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
| | - Joseph Lachance
- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
| | - Wei Tang
- Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
| | | | - Andrew A. Adjei
- Department of Pathology, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana
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- Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
- Center for Precision Health Research, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
- Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Atrium Health/Levine Cancer Institute, Charlotte, NC, USA
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- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan and Univerity College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Institute of Child Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan and University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- College of Health Sciences, University of Abuja, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital and Cancer Science Center, Abuja, Nigeria
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- College of Health Sciences, University of Abuja, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital and Cancer Science Center, Abuja, Nigeria
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- College of Health Sciences, University of Abuja, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital and Cancer Science Center, Abuja, Nigeria
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- College of Health Sciences, University of Abuja, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital and Cancer Science Center, Abuja, Nigeria
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- College of Health Sciences, University of Abuja, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital and Cancer Science Center, Abuja, Nigeria
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- Laboratoires Bacteriologie et Virologie, Hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Senegal
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- Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Urology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- The University of Miami School of Medicine, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Family and Community Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Southern California Eye Institute, CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine,University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Southern California Eye Institute, CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine,Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- The Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine,Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Center for Statistical Genetics, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Center for Statistical Genetics, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine,University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology,, Cambridge, UK
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- Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Estonian Genome Centre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and Division of Population Sciences, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Center for Statistical Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Laboratory for Cancer Genomics, RIKEN Center of Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford, CA, USA
- Departments of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Division of Aging, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Laboratory for Statistical and Translational Genetics, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN, Yokohama, Japan
- Clinical Research Center, Shizuoka General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan
- The Department of Applied Genetics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shizuoka, Japan
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Siltari A, Murtola TJ, Kausz J, Talala K, Taari K, Tammela TL, Auvinen A. Testosterone replacement therapy is not associated with increased prostate cancer incidence, prostate cancer-specific, or cardiovascular disease-specific mortality in Finnish men. Acta Oncol 2023; 62:1898-1904. [PMID: 37971326 DOI: 10.1080/0284186x.2023.2278189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 10/28/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Concerns have been expressed over the safety of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) in men with late-onset hypogonadism (LOH). Previous studies have shown controversial results regarding the association of TRT with the risk of cardiovascular events or prostate cancer (PCa) incidence, aggressiveness, and mortality. This study explores the overall risk of PCa and risk by tumor grade and stage, as well as mortality from PCa and cardiovascular disease (CVD), among men treated with TRT compared to men without LOH and TRT use. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study included 78,615 men of age 55-67 years at baseline from the Finnish Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (FinRSPC). Follow-up started at randomization and ended at death, emigration, or a common closing date January 1st, 2017. Cox proportional hazards regression model with time-dependent variables and adjustment for age, trial arm, use of other medications, and Charlson comorbidity index was used. Comprehensive information on TRT purchases during 1995-2015 was obtained from the Finnish National Prescription Database. PCa cases were identified from the Finnish Cancer Registry and causes of death obtained from Statistics Finland. RESULTS Over the course of 18 years of follow-up, 2919 men were on TRT, and 285 PCa cases were diagnosed among them. TRT users did not exhibit a higher incidence or mortality rate of PCa compared to non-users. On the contrary, men using TRT had lower PCa mortality than non-users (HR = 0.52; 95% CI 0.3-0.91). Additionally, TRT users had slightly lower CVD and all-cause mortality compared to non-users (HR = 0.87; 95% CI 0.75-1.01 and HR = 0.93; 95% CI 0.87-1.0, respectively). No time- or dose-dependency of TRT use was evident in any of the analyses. CONCLUSION Men using TRT were not associated to increased risk for PCa and did not experience increased PCa- or CVD-specific mortality compared to non-users. Further studies considering blood testosterone levels are warranted.
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- Aino Siltari
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
- Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
- Department of Urology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Urology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
- Department of Urology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Tampere University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere, Finland
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Peltomaa AI, Talala K, Taari K, Tammela TLJ, Auvinen A, Murtola TJ. Statin use and outcomes of oncological treatment for castration-resistant prostate cancer. Sci Rep 2023; 13:18866. [PMID: 37914793 PMCID: PMC10620176 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-45958-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023] Open
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To compare the effect of statin use in relation to castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) treatment, we assessed the risk of ADT-treated PCa-patients to initiate CRPC treatment by statin use and the outcomes of CRPC treatment by statin use. Our study cohort consisted of 1169 men who participated in the Finnish Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (FinRSPC) and initiated androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) during the follow-up (1996-2017). Statin use was associated with slightly decreased risk of initiating CRPC treatment (HR 0.68; 95% CI 0.47-0.97) with a 5.7 years' median follow-up until CRPC for non-users and 7.5 years for statin users. The risk of discontinuation of first or second line CRPC treatment due to inefficacy was not modified by statin use and the results remained similar in subgroup analysis assessing separately patients treated with taxans or androgen receptor signaling inhibitors. We observed an inverse association between statin use and the risk of initiation of the CRPC treatment. No beneficial risk modification by statin use during CRPC treatment was observed. These results suggest that statins might be beneficial during hormone-sensitive phase but not in the later phases of prostate cancer treatment.
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- A I Peltomaa
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University and Tampere University Hospital, Teiskontie 35, 33521, Tampere, Finland.
- Department of Radiology, HUS Medical Imaging Center, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
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- Finnish Cancer Registry, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Urology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University and Tampere University Hospital, Teiskontie 35, 33521, Tampere, Finland
- Department of Urology, TAYS Cancer Center, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University and Tampere University Hospital, Teiskontie 35, 33521, Tampere, Finland
- Department of Urology, TAYS Cancer Center, Tampere, Finland
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Remmers S, Bangma CH, Godtman RA, Carlsson SV, Auvinen A, Tammela TLJ, Denis LJ, Nelen V, Villers A, Rebillard X, Kwiatkowski M, Recker F, Wyler S, Zappa M, Puliti D, Gorini G, Paez A, Lujan M, Nieboer D, Schröder FH, Roobol MJ. Relationship Between Baseline Prostate-specific Antigen on Cancer Detection and Prostate Cancer Death: Long-term Follow-up from the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer. Eur Urol 2023; 84:503-509. [PMID: 37088597 PMCID: PMC10759255 DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2023.03.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND The European Association of Urology guidelines recommend a risk-based strategy for prostate cancer screening based on the first prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level and age. OBJECTIVE To analyze the impact of the first PSA level on prostate cancer (PCa) detection and PCa-specific mortality (PCSM) in a population-based screening trial (repeat screening every 2-4 yr). DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS We evaluated 25589 men aged 55-59 yr, 16898 men aged 60-64 yr, and 12936 men aged 65-69 yr who attended at least one screening visit in the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) trial (screening arm: repeat PSA testing every 2-4 yr and biopsy in cases with elevated PSA; control arm: no active screening offered) during 16-yr follow-up (FU). OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS We assessed the actuarial probability for any PCa and for clinically significant (cs)PCa (Gleason ≥7). Cox proportional-hazards regression was performed to assess whether the association between baseline PSA and PCSM was comparable for all age groups. A Lorenz curve was computed to assess the association between baseline PSA and PCSM for men aged 60-61 yr. RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS The overall actuarial probability at 16 yr ranged from 12% to 16% for any PCa and from 3.7% to 5.7% for csPCa across the age groups. The actuarial probability of csPCa at 16 yr ranged from 1.2-1.5% for men with PSA <1.0 ng/ml to 13.3-13.8% for men with PSA ≥3.0 ng/ml. The association between baseline PSA and PCSM differed marginally among the three age groups. A Lorenz curve for men aged 60-61 yr showed that 92% of lethal PCa cases occurred among those with PSA above the median (1.21 ng/ml). In addition, for men initially screened at age 60-61 yr with baseline PSA <2 ng/ml, further continuation of screening is unlikely to be beneficial after the age of 68-70 yr if PSA is still <2 ng/ml. No case of PCSM emerged in the subsequent 8 yr (up to age 76-78 yr). A limitation is that these results may not be generalizable to an opportunistic screening setting or to contemporary clinical practice. CONCLUSIONS In all age groups, baseline PSA can guide decisions on the repeat screening interval. Baseline PSA of <1.0 ng/ml for men aged 55-69 yr is a strong indicator to delay or stop further screening. PATIENT SUMMARY In prostate cancer screening, the patient's baseline PSA (prostate-specific antigen) level can be used to guide decisions on when to repeat screening. The PSA test when used according to current knowledge is valuable in helping to reduce the burden of prostate cancer.
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- Sebastiaan Remmers
- Department of Urology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Urology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at Goteborg University, Goteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Urology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at Goteborg University, Goteborg, Sweden; Departments of Surgery (Urology Service) and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Urology, Tampere University and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Urology, Meeting Centre Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Provincial Institute for Hygiene, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Urology, Université Lille Nord de France, Lille, France
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- Department of Urology, Clinique Beau Soleil, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Urology, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland; Medical Faculty, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Department of Urology, Academic Hospital Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Urology, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland; Medical Faculty, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Oncologic Network, Prevention and Research Institute (ISPRO), Florence, Italy
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- Oncologic Network, Prevention and Research Institute (ISPRO), Florence, Italy
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- Oncologic Network, Prevention and Research Institute (ISPRO), Florence, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Hospital Infanta Cristina, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Rahu K, Rahu M, Auvinen A, Zeeb H, Boice JD. Cancer incidence among Chernobyl cleanup workers from Estonia: A 34-year follow-up. Int J Cancer 2023; 153:1347-1355. [PMID: 37334866 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.34633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2023] [Revised: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
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From 1986 to 1991, 4831 men from Estonia were sent to clean up radioactively contaminated areas near Chernobyl (Chornobyl). Their cancer incidence during 1986 to 2019 was compared to that of the male population of Estonia. The cohort of cleanup workers was linked to national population and cancer registers based on unique personal identification numbers. Nineteen (0.4%) workers could not be traced. A total of 4812 men contributing 120 770 person-years of follow-up were eligible for the analyses. Standardized incidence ratios (SIR) and adjusted relative risks (ARR, expressed as ratios of SIRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated. A total of 687 incident cancer cases were registered in the cohort (SIR 1.11, 95% CI 1.03-1.19). Presumptive radiation-related cancers combined were in excess, but not when smoking- and alcohol-related cancers were excluded (SIR 0.92, 95% CI 0.71-1.18). For smoking-related cancers, the SIR was 1.24 (95% CI 1.13-1.36) and for alcohol-related cancer the SIR was 1.53 (95% CI 1.31-1.75). Less educated workers had a higher risk of all cancers (ARR = 1.21, 95% CI 1.02-1.44) and smoking-related cancers (ARR = 1.42, 95% CI 1.14-1.76). An elevated risk of alcohol-related cancers was evident 15 to 24 years (vs <15 years) after return from the Chernobyl area. This updated register-based follow-up of Chernobyl cleanup workers from Estonia revealed an excess of radiation-related cancer sites combined, but the excess was not apparent after excluding cancers associated with smoking and alcohol.
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- Kaja Rahu
- Department of Registries, National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Formerly: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
- Environmental Radiation Surveillance, Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority-STUK, Vantaa, Finland
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- Department of Prevention and Evaluation, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS, Bremen, Germany
- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Division of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Ventelä J, Alanko A, Auvinen A, Lohi O, Nikkilä A. Dual direction associations between common autoimmune diseases and leukemia among children and young adults: A systematic review. Cancer Epidemiol 2023; 86:102411. [PMID: 37423102 DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2023.102411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Revised: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 06/29/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Childhood leukemia and many autoimmune (AI) diseases are severe pediatric conditions with lifelong consequences. AI diseases form a heterogeneous disease group affecting about 5 % of children worldwide, while leukemia is the most common malignancy among children aged 0-14 years. The timing and similarities in suggested inflammatory and infectious triggers of AI disease and leukemia have raised a question whether the diseases share common etiological origins. We conducted a systematic review to evaluate the evidence linking childhood leukemia and AI diseases. DATA SOURCES In the systematic literature search CINAHL (from 1970), Cochrane Library (form 1981), PubMed (from 1926) and Scopus (from 1948) were queried in June 2023. REVIEW METHODS We included studies covering the association between any AI disease and acute leukemia, limiting it to children and adolescents under 25 years old. The studies were reviewed independently by two researchers and the risk of bias was assessed. RESULTS A total of 2119 articles were screened and 253 studies were selected for detailed evaluation. Nine studies met the inclusion criteria, of which eight were cohort studies and one was a systematic review. The diseases covered were type 1 diabetes mellitus, inflammatory bowel diseases and juvenile arthritis alongside acute leukemia. Five cohort studies were suitable for more detailed analysis: a rate ratio for leukemia diagnosis after any AI disease was 2.46 (95 % CI 1.17-5.18; heterogeneity I2 15 %) with a random-effects model. CONCLUSIONS The results of this systematic review indicate that AI diseases in childhood are associated with a moderately increased risk of leukemia. The association for individual AI diseases needs further investigation.
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- Julia Ventelä
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Tampere Center for Child, Adolescent, Maternal Health Research and Tays Cancer Center, Tampere University and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Tampere Center for Child, Adolescent, Maternal Health Research and Tays Cancer Center, Tampere University and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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Ekqvist O, Raitanen J, Auvinen A. Changes in incidence trends of meningioma in Finland, 1990-2017: analysis of Finnish Cancer Registry data. Acta Oncol 2023; 62:994-1000. [PMID: 37669182 DOI: 10.1080/0284186x.2023.2245554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 07/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Meningiomas are the most common primary neoplasm of the central nervous system. Previous research on the incidence of meningioma in Finland showed an increase in the age-standardized incidence rate over three decades (1968-1997). In this study, we analysed meningioma incidence in Finland during 1990-2017. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data on 9842 meningioma patients were obtained from the Finnish Cancer Registry, and population size by calendar year, sex, and age group from Statistics Finland. The European Standard Population was used to calculate age-standardized incidence rates. Poisson regression was used to evaluate differences by sex and age, and joinpoint regression to examine changes in trend. RESULTS At the beginning of the study period, the age-standardized incidence of meningioma for men was 2.35/100,000 and for women 6.96/100,000. In the end, it was 4.09/100,000 and 10.19/100,000, respectively. The annual percent change (APC) for women was +4.6 (95% confidence interval, CI 3.10 to 6.20) from 1990 to 2001 and -1.0 (95% CI -1.70 to -0.30) from 2001 to 2017. For men, the APC was +3.1 (95% CI 0.80-5.40) during 1990-2002 and -0.9 (95% CI -2.10 to 0.30) in 2002-2017. The incidence of meningioma in women was 2.8 times higher than in men (rate ratio 2.81; 95% CI 2.68-2.94). CONCLUSIONS Meningioma incidence increased in both sexes from 1990, but the trend reversed in 2001-2002. Medical imaging or risk factors do not appear to explain the changes.
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- Olli Ekqvist
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
- UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
- STUK-Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Vantaa, Finland
- FICAN Mid Regional Cancer Center, Tampere, Finland
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Talvitie AM, Helminen M, Ojala H, Tammela T, Auvinen A, Pietilä I. Missingness in the expanded prostate cancer index short form (EPIC-26) - prevalence, patterns, and explanatory factors. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2023; 21:89. [PMID: 37580759 PMCID: PMC10426173 DOI: 10.1186/s12955-023-02175-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/16/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Researchers and clinicians using common clinical assessments need to attend to the prevalence of missing data to ensure the validity of the information gathered. The Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Short Form (EPIC-26) is a commonly used measurement scale used for assessing patients' quality of life, but the measure lacks comprehensive analysis on missing data. We aimed to explore the quantity of missing answers in EPIC-26 and to characterize patterns and possible explanations of missing data in the survey. METHODS The survey sample consisted of 625 Finnish prostate cancer patients who participated in a study with a 1-year follow-up with three measurement points (0, 6, and 12 months). Descriptive statistics were used to describe the study population and missingness level. A logistic regression was performed for each EPIC domain to study factors related to missingness during the follow-up. RESULTS Proportions of missing answers in EPIC-26 were low (3.1-3.9%) between survey rounds. As much as 37% of patients left at least one question unanswered during their follow-up. The hormonal domain produced the most missing answers. Questions about breast tenderness/enlargement (question 13.b.), hot flashes (question 13.a.), frequency of erections (question 10.), and ability to reach orgasm (question 8.b.) were most frequently left unanswered. Higher age, lower education level, no relationship, more severe cancer, lower function scores in some EPIC domains, lower treatment satisfaction or self-rated health were associated with missingness. CONCLUSIONS Questions 13.b. and 13.a. might be considered female-specific symptoms, thus difficult to comprehend unless patients had already experienced side effects from androgen deprivation therapy. Questions 10. and 8.b. might be difficult to answer if the patient has been sexually inactive. To improve the measure's validity, the questionnaire's hormonal section requires additional explanation that the inquired symptoms are common treatment side effects of anti-androgen therapy; questions 8-10 require a not-applicable category for sexually inactive patients.
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- Tays Research Services, Tampere University Hospital and Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Natukka T, Haapasalo J, Kivioja T, Rajala L, Raitanen J, Nevalainen J, Lahtela SL, Nordfors K, Rauhala M, Jukkola A, Frösen J, Helén P, Auvinen A, Haapasalo H. Impact of timing of surgery and adjuvant treatment on survival of adult IDH-wildtype glioblastoma: a single-center study of 392 patients. World Neurosurg 2023:S1878-8750(23)00933-6. [PMID: 37423335 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/02/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND The purpose of our study was to analyze the impact of time interval from referral to surgery and from surgery to adjuvant treatment on survival of adult IDH-wildtype glioblastomas. METHODS Data on 392 IDH-wildtype glioblastomas diagnosed at the Tampere University Hospital in 2004-2016 were obtained from the electronic patient record system. Piecewise Cox regression was used to calculate hazard ratios for different time intervals between referral and surgery, as well as between surgery and adjuvant treatments. RESULTS The median survival time from primary surgery was 9.5 months (interquartile range: 3.8-16.0). Survival among patients with an interval exceeding four weeks from referral to surgery was no worse compared to <2 weeks (hazard ratio: 0.78; 95% confidence interval: 0.54-1.14). We found indications of poorer outcome when the interval from surgery to radiotherapy exceeded 30 days (hazard ratio: 1.42; 95% confidence interval: 0.91-2.21 for 31-44 days and 1.59; 0.94-2.67 for over 45 days). CONCLUSIONS Interval from referral to surgery in the range of 4-10 weeks was not associated with decreased survivals in IDH-wildtype glioblastomas. In contrast, delay exceeding 30 days from surgery to adjuvant treatment may decrease long-term survival.
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- Tuomas Natukka
- Tampere University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere, Finland.
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- Tampere University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere, Finland; Department of Neurosurgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland; Fimlab Laboratories Ltd, Tampere, Finland
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- Tampere University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere, Finland
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- Tampere University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere, Finland; Department of Neurosurgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Tampere University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere, Finland; UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland
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- Tampere Center for Child Health Research, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland; Tays Cancer Center, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Oncology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland; Tays Cancer Center, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Tampere University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere, Finland; Department of Neurosurgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Tampere University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere, Finland
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- Tampere University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere, Finland
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- Tampere University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere, Finland; Fimlab Laboratories Ltd, Tampere, Finland
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Bratt O, Auvinen A. First diagnostic results from Gothenburg-2 screening trial. Scand J Urol 2023; 58:2-3. [PMID: 37096359 DOI: 10.2340/sju.v58.9397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 04/26/2023]
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- Ola Bratt
- Department of Clinical Cancer Epidemiology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Department of Epidemiology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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Bratt O, Auvinen A. Re: Prostate Cancer Screening with PSA and MRI Followed by Targeted Biopsy Only. Eur Urol 2023; 83:370-371. [PMID: 36623950 DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2022.12.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Ola Bratt
- Department of Urology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg Institute of Clinical Sciences, Göteborg, Sweden.
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- Department of Epidemiology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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Alimam W, Nikkilä A, Raitanen J, Kolho KL, Auvinen A. Residential mobility and childhood inflammatory bowel disease: a nationwide case-control study. Ann Epidemiol 2023; 80:53-61. [PMID: 36764587 DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2023.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Revised: 01/28/2023] [Accepted: 02/04/2023] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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PURPOSE To examine the association of residential mobility, as a proxy for environmental influences, with childhood inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) risk. METHODS Using nationwide register-based dataset, all 2038 IBD cases in Finland diagnosed at ages less than 15 years in 1992-2016 were individually matched by sex and age with five controls employing risk set sampling. Complete residential histories of the subjects were constructed from birth until the index date (diagnosis date of the case). Movement patterns were assessed by age, distance, and demographics of the departure and destination municipalities. Conditional logistic regression was employed to estimate the association between movements and IBD risk. RESULTS Overall, residential movement was associated with a slightly decreased odds ratio (OR) for childhood IBD (OR 0.97, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.95-1.00 for each movement). Further examination showed reduced ORs for moving to rural municipalities (OR 0.94, 95% CI 0.90-0.98) and to distances less than 50 km (OR 0.96, 95% CI 0.93-0.99). In disease subtype analyses, the effect mainly persisted in ulcerative colitis. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest lower childhood IBD risk associated with residential mobility. The effect was found in ulcerative colitis, but not in Crohn's disease. Movements to nearby and rural areas may reduce IBD risk, though this requires further investigation.
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- Wafa Alimam
- The Health Sciences Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland; Tampere Center for Child, Adolescent and Maternal Health Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.
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- Tampere Center for Child, Adolescent and Maternal Health Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.
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- The Health Sciences Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland; UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland; Special Services Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
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- Children's Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Tampere University Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Tampere, Finland.
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- The Health Sciences Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland; Tampere University Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Tampere, Finland.
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Auvinen A. Increased cardiovascular disease risk after exposure to low dose radiation. BMJ 2023; 380:e074589. [PMID: 36889793 DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2022-074589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/10/2023]
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- Anssi Auvinen
- Tampere University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Unit of Health Sciences,FI-33014 Tampere, Finland
- Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), Environmental Radiation Surveillance, Vantaa, Finland
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Kurkela O, Nevalainen J, Pätsi SM, Kojo K, Holmgren O, Auvinen A. Lung cancer incidence attributable to residential radon exposure in Finland. Radiat Environ Biophys 2023; 62:35-49. [PMID: 36344858 PMCID: PMC9950193 DOI: 10.1007/s00411-022-01004-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 10/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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This study aimed to estimate (1) the number of avoidable lung cancer cases attributable to residential radon in Finland in 2017, separately by age, sex, dwelling type and smoking status, (2) the impact of residential radon alone and the joint effect of residential radon and smoking on the number of lung cancers and (3) the potential decrease in the number of radon-attributable lung cancers if radon concentrations exceeding specified action levels (100, 200 and 300 Bq m-3) would have been mitigated to those levels. Population-based surveys of radon concentrations and smoking patterns were used. Observed radon levels were contrasted with 25 Bq m-3 representing a realistic minimum level of exposure. Lung cancer risk estimates for radon and smoking were derived from literature. Lastly, the uncertainty due to the estimation of exposure and risk was quantified using a computationally derived uncertainty interval. At least 3% and at most 8% of all lung cancers were estimated as being attributable to residential radon. For small cell carcinoma, the proportion of cases attributable to radon was 8-13%. Among smokers, the majority of the radon-related cases were attributable to the joint effect of radon and smoking. Reduction of radon exposure to 100 Bq m-3 action level would eliminate approximately 30% of radon-attributable cases. Estimates were low compared with the literature, given the (relatively high) radon levels in Finland. This was mainly due to the lower radon levels and higher smoking prevalence in flats than in houses and a more realistic point of comparison, factors which have been ignored in previous studies. The results can guide actions in radon protection and in prevention of lung cancers.
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- Olli Kurkela
- STUK-Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Environmental Surveillance, Helsinki, Finland.
- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Unit of Health Sciences, P.O. Box 100, 33014, Tampere, Finland.
- Laurea University of Applied Sciences, Ratatie 22, 01300, Vantaa, Finland.
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Unit of Health Sciences, P.O. Box 100, 33014, Tampere, Finland
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- STUK-Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Environmental Surveillance, Helsinki, Finland
- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Unit of Health Sciences, P.O. Box 100, 33014, Tampere, Finland
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- STUK-Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Environmental Surveillance, Helsinki, Finland
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- STUK-Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Environmental Surveillance, Helsinki, Finland
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- STUK-Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Environmental Surveillance, Helsinki, Finland
- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Unit of Health Sciences, P.O. Box 100, 33014, Tampere, Finland
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Ola IO, Talala K, Tammela T, Taari K, Murtola T, Kujala P, Raitanen J, Auvinen A. Prostate cancer incidence in men with prostate-specific antigen below 3 ng/mL: The Finnish Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer. Int J Cancer 2023; 152:672-678. [PMID: 36056577 PMCID: PMC10087780 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.34274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2022] [Revised: 08/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based screening for prostate cancer (PCa) can reduce PCa mortality, but also involves overdetection of low-risk disease with potential adverse effects. We evaluated PCa incidence among men with PSA below 3 ng/mL and no PCa diagnosis at the first screening round of the Finnish Randomized Study of Screening for PCa. Follow-up started at the first screening attendance and ended at PCa diagnosis, emigration, death or the common closing date (December 2016), whichever came first. Cox regression analysis was used to estimate hazard ratios and their confidence intervals (CI). Among men with PSA <3 ng/mL, cumulative PCa incidence was 9.1% after 17.6 years median follow-up. Cumulative incidence was 3.6% among men with baseline PSA 0 to 0.99 ng/mL, 11.5% in those with PSA 1.0 to 1.99 ng/mL and 25.7% among men with PSA 2 to 2.99 ng/mL (hazard ratio 9.0, 95% CI: 7.9-10.2 for the latter). The differences by PSA level were most striking for low-risk disease based on Gleason score and EAU risk group. PSA values <1 ng/mL indicate a very low 20-year risk, while at PSA 2 to 2.99 ng/mL risks are materially higher, with 4- to 5-fold risk for aggressive disease. Using risk-stratification and appropriate rescreening intervals will reduce screening intensity and overdetection. Using cumulative incidence of clinically significant PCa (csPCa) as the criterion, rescreening intervals could range from approximately 3 years for men with initial PSA 2 to 2.99 ng/mL, 6 years for men with PSA 1 to 1.99 ng/mL to 10 years for men with PSA <1 ng/mL.
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- Idris Olasunmbo Ola
- Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Urology, TAYS Cancer Center, Tampere, Finland.,Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Urology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.,Medical Faculty, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Urology, TAYS Cancer Center, Tampere, Finland.,Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Pathology, Fimlab Laboratories, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.,UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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Nygård LH, Talala K, Taari K, Tammela TLJ, Auvinen A, Murtola TJ. Antidiabetic drugs, glycemic control and risk of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Prostate 2023; 83:246-258. [PMID: 36325820 DOI: 10.1002/pros.24456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Revised: 10/03/2022] [Accepted: 10/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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BACKGROUND Diabetes has been associated with an increased risk of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). However, the role of antidiabetic drugs as a BPH risk factor is unclear. The objective of our study was to examine the risk of BPH by antidiabetic drug use and glycemic control in a large population-based cohort of Finnish men. METHODS A total of 74,754 men in the Finnish Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (FinRSPC) free of BPH at baseline in 1996-1999 were linked to the national medication reimbursement database for information on physician-prescribed antidiabetic drug purchases. Information on recorded BPH procedures and diagnoses was obtained from the National Care Register for Health Care, and for a subgroup of 17,739 men, information on blood glucose levels (BGLs) from the Fimlab Laboratories database. Cox regression with antidiabetic drug use and BGL as time-dependent variables was used to analyze the risks for starting BPH medication, recorded BPH diagnosis, and undergoing BPH surgery. The analysis was adjusted for age, use of statins, antihypertensive medication, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. RESULTS Of the subjects, 14,012 men (18.7%) used antidiabetic medication. Of the subgroup with fasting blood glucose data available, 7487 (42.2%) had diabetic level. The risks for BPH diagnosis (HR: 1.08, 95% CI: 1.03-1.13) and surgery (HR: 1.16, 95% CI: 1.09-1.24) were slightly elevated among antidiabetic drug users compared to nonusers. The association was strongest for insulin use. Similarly, risk of BPH surgery was increased in men with diabetic blood glucose compared to normoglycemic men. The risk association was attenuated by use of antidiabetic drugs. CONCLUSIONS Diabetic BGL and antidiabetic medication use, especially insulin, are associated with an elevated risk of BPH surgery compared to nondiabetic men. These findings support the roles of insulin use and untreated hyperglycemia as possible BPH risk factors.
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- Lotta H Nygård
- Unit of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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- Mass Screening Registry, Cancer Society of Finland, Finnish Cancer Registry, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Urology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Unit of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
- Department of Urology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Unit of Health Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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- Unit of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
- Department of Urology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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Remmers S, Talala K, Arnsrud-Godtman R, Hugosson J, Roobol M, Nieboer D, Auvinen A. Causal modeling to unravel the screening effect in ERSPC: Structural equation analysis of the Dutch, Finnish and Swedish data. Eur Urol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(23)00933-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Rahu K, Rahu M, Zeeb H, Auvinen A, Bromet E, Boice JD. Suicide and other causes of death among Chernobyl cleanup workers from Estonia, 1986 - 2020: an update. Eur J Epidemiol 2023; 38:225-232. [PMID: 36609895 PMCID: PMC9905157 DOI: 10.1007/s10654-022-00957-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Mortality was studied in a cohort of 4831 men from Estonia who participated in the environmental cleanup of the radioactively contaminated areas around Chernobyl in 1986-1991. Their mortality in 1986-2020 was compared with the mortality in the Estonian male population. A total of 1503 deaths were registered among the 4812 traced men. The all-cause standardized mortality ratio (SMR) was 1.04 (95% CI 0.99-1.09). All-cancer mortality was elevated (SMR 1.16, 95% CI 1.03-1.28). Radiation-related cancers were in excess (SMR 1.20, 95% CI 1.03-1.36); however, the excesses could be attributed to tobacco and alcohol consumption. For smoking-related cancers, the SMR was 1.20 (95% CI 1.06-1.35) and for alcohol-related cancers the SMR was 1.56 (95% CI 1.26-1.86). Adjusted relative risks (ARR) of all-cause mortality were increased among workers who stayed in the Chernobyl area ≥ 92 days (ARR 1.20, 95% CI 1.08-1.34), were of non-Estonian ethnicity (ARR 1.33, 95% CI 1.19-1.47) or had lower (basic or less) education (ARR 1.63, 95% CI 1.45-1.83). Suicide mortality was increased (SMR 1.31, 95% CI 1.05-1.56), most notably among men with lower education (ARR 2.24, 95% CI 1.42-3.53). Our findings provide additional evidence that unhealthy behaviors such as alcohol and smoking play an important role in shaping cancer mortality patterns among Estonian Chernobyl cleanup workers. The excess number of suicides suggests long-term psychiatric and substance use problems tied to Chernobyl-related stressors, i.e., the psychosocial impact was greater than any direct carcinogenic effect of low-dose radiation.
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- Kaja Rahu
- Department of Registries, National Institute for Health Development, Hiiu 42, 11619, Tallinn, Estonia.
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- Formerly: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Department of Prevention and Evaluation, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS, Bremen, Germany
- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
- Environmental Radiation Surveillance, Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority-STUK, Tampere University, Vantaa, Finland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- National Council On Radiation Protection and Measurements, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Division of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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Nikkilä A, Auvinen A, Kolho KL. Clustering of pediatric onset inflammatory bowel disease in Finland: a nationwide register-based study. BMC Gastroenterol 2022; 22:512. [PMID: 36503475 PMCID: PMC9743626 DOI: 10.1186/s12876-022-02579-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The incidence of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (PIBD) has increased dramatically during the past decades. This implies involvement of environmental factors in etiology but lends no clues about specific agents. We evaluated clustering in time and place of residence at PIBD onset using a case-control setting with comprehensive nationwide register data. METHODS We included all PIBD cases diagnosed at ages < 18 years during 1992-2017 (3748 cases; median age of 14.6; 2316 (58%) with ulcerative colitis (UC), 1432 with Crohn's, and 18,740 age- and sex-matched controls) and constructed complete residential histories (including coordinates) from the national database until the date of the diagnosis of the case assigned as index date for the controls. Using the coordinates of the addresses of the subjects and the diagnosis/index dates, we evaluated clustering in time and place using the Knox test. Four temporal (2, 4, 6, 12 months) and four distance (0.25, 0.5, 1, 5 km) thresholds were used, and results were calculated separately for Crohn´s disease and UC. Similar analyses were conducted using the addresses at birth and the addresses five years before the diagnosis or index date. Based on the threshold values displaying the most clustering in the Knox test, logistic regression models were built to identify whether sex, age at diagnosis or the year of diagnosis affected the probability of belonging to a cluster. To analyze clustering in time and place throughout the residential histories, we used Jacquez's Q with an open-access python program pyjacqQ. RESULTS The mean number of residencies until the index date was 2.91 for cases and 3.05 for controls (p = 0.0003). Knox test indicated residential clustering for UC with thresholds of 500 m between locations and time-period of four months (p = 0.004). In the regression analysis, sex, age at diagnosis or year of UC diagnosis did not show differences between the clustered and other cases. Jacquez Q analyses showed higher than expected frequency of clustered cases throughout residential histories (p < 10- 8). CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that the incidence of PIBD, especially of UC, exhibits clustering in locations of residencies over time. For the clustered cases, environmental triggers warrant future studies.
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- Atte Nikkilä
- grid.502801.e0000 0001 2314 6254Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- grid.502801.e0000 0001 2314 6254Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland ,grid.412330.70000 0004 0628 2985Department of Pediatrics, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- grid.7737.40000 0004 0410 2071Children’s Hospital, Pediatric Research Center, University of Helsinki and HUS, Stenbäckinkatu 11, 00029 Helsinki, Finland
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Deltour I, Poulsen AH, Johansen C, Feychting M, Johannesen TB, Auvinen A, Schüz J. Time trends in mobile phone use and glioma incidence among males in the Nordic Countries, 1979-2016. Environ Int 2022; 168:107487. [PMID: 36041243 PMCID: PMC9463632 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Revised: 08/07/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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INTRODUCTION In the Nordic countries, the use of mobile phones increased sharply in the mid-1990s especially among middle-aged men. We investigated time trends in glioma incidence rates (IR) with the perspective to inform about the plausibility of brain tumour risks from mobile phone use reported in some case-control studies. METHODS We analysed IR of glioma in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden among men aged 40-69 years, using data from national cancer registries and population statistics during 1979-2016, using log-linear joinpoint analysis. Information on regular mobile phone use and amount of call-time was obtained from major studies of mobile phones in these countries. We compared annual observed incidence with that expected under various risk scenarios to assess which of the reported effect sizes are compatible with the observed IR. The expected numbers of cases were computed accounting for an impact of other factors besides mobile phone use, such as improved cancer registration. RESULTS Based on 18,232 glioma cases, IR increased slightly but steadily with a change of 0.1% (95 %CI 0.0%; 0.3%) per year during 1979-2016 among 40-59-year-old men and for ages 60-69, by 0.6 % (95 %CI 0.4; 0.9) annually. The observed IR trends among men aged 40-59 years were incompatible with risk ratios (RR) 1.08 or higher with a 10-year lag, RR ≥ 1.2 with 15-year lag and RR ≥ 1.5 with 20-year lag. For the age group 60-69 years, corresponding effect sizes RR ≥ 1.4, ≥2 and ≥ 2.5 could be rejected for lag times 10, 15 and 20 years. DISCUSSION This study confirms and reinforces the conclusions that no changes in glioma incidence in the Nordic countries have occurred that are consistent with a substantial risk attributable to mobile phone use. This particularly applies to virtually all reported risk increases reported by previous case-control studies with positive findings.
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- Isabelle Deltour
- Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France.
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Tampere University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere, Finland; STUK - Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Vantaa, Finland
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- Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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Siltari A, Lönnerbro R, Pang K, Shiranov K, Asiimwe A, Evans-Axelsson S, Franks B, Kiran A, Murtola TJ, Schalken J, Steinbeisser C, Bjartell A, Auvinen A, Smith E, N'Dow J, Plass K, Ribal M, Mottet N, Moris L, Lardas M, Van den Broeck T, Willemse PP, Gandaglia G, Campi R, Greco I, Gacci M, Serni S, Briganti A, Crosti D, Meoni M, Garzonio R, Bangma R, Roobol M, Remmers S, Tilki D, Visakorpi T, Talala K, Tammela T, van Hemelrijck M, Bayer K, Lejeune S, Taxiarchopoulou G, van Diggelen F, Senthilkumar K, Schutte S, Byrne S, Fialho L, Cardone A, Gono P, De Vetter M, Ceke K, De Meulder B, Auffray C, Balaur IA, Taibi N, Power S, Kermani NZ, van Bochove K, Cavelaars M, Moinat M, Voss E, Bernini C, Horgan D, Fullwood L, Holtorf M, Lancet D, Bernstein G, Omar I, MacLennan S, Maclennan S, Healey J, Huber J, Wirth M, Froehner M, Brenner B, Borkowetz A, Thomas C, Horn F, Reiche K, Kreux M, Josefsson A, Tandefekt DG, Hugosson J, Huisman H, Hofmacher T, Lindgren P, Andersson E, Fridhammar A, Vizcaya D, Verholen F, Zong J, Butler-Ransohoff JE, Williamson T, Chandrawansa K, Dlamini D, waldeck R, Molnar M, Bruno A, Herrera R, Jiang S, Nevedomskaya E, Fatoba S, Constantinovici N, Maass M, Torremante P, Voss M, Devecseri Z, Cuperus G, Abott T, Dau C, Papineni K, Wang-Silvanto J, Hass S, Snijder R, Doye V, Wang X, Garnham A, Lambrecht M, Wolfinger R, Rogiers S, Servan A, Lefresne F, Caseriego J, Samir M, Lawson J, Pacoe K, Robinson P, Jaton B, Bakkard D, Turunen H, Kilkku O, Pohjanjousi P, Voima O, Nevalaita L, Reich C, Araujo S, Longden-Chapman E, Burke D, Agapow P, Derkits S, Licour M, McCrea C, Payne S, Yong A, Thompson L, Lujan F, Bussmann M, Köhler I. How well do polygenic risk scores identify men at high risk for prostate cancer? Systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Genitourin Cancer 2022; 21:316.e1-316.e11. [PMID: 36243664 DOI: 10.1016/j.clgc.2022.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Revised: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Genome-wide association studies have revealed over 200 genetic susceptibility loci for prostate cancer (PCa). By combining them, polygenic risk scores (PRS) can be generated to predict risk of PCa. We summarize the published evidence and conduct meta-analyses of PRS as a predictor of PCa risk in Caucasian men. PATIENTS AND METHODS Data were extracted from 59 studies, with 16 studies including 17 separate analyses used in the main meta-analysis with a total of 20,786 cases and 69,106 controls identified through a systematic search of ten databases. Random effects meta-analysis was used to obtain pooled estimates of area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve (AUC). Meta-regression was used to assess the impact of number of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) incorporated in PRS on AUC. Heterogeneity is expressed as I2 scores. Publication bias was evaluated using funnel plots and Egger tests. RESULTS The ability of PRS to identify men with PCa was modest (pooled AUC 0.63, 95% CI 0.62-0.64) with moderate consistency (I2 64%). Combining PRS with clinical variables increased the pooled AUC to 0.74 (0.68-0.81). Meta-regression showed only negligible increase in AUC for adding incremental SNPs. Despite moderate heterogeneity, publication bias was not evident. CONCLUSION Typically, PRS accuracy is comparable to PSA or family history with a pooled AUC value 0.63 indicating mediocre performance for PRS alone.
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Abuhamed J, Nikkilä A, Raitanen J, Alimam W, Lohi O, Pitkäniemi J, Haapasalo H, Auvinen A. Incidence trends of childhood central nervous system tumors in Finland 1990-2017. BMC Cancer 2022; 22:784. [PMID: 35850678 PMCID: PMC9290294 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-022-09862-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2022] [Accepted: 07/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Introduction Central nervous system (CNS) tumors are a leading cause of cancer-related morbidity and mortality in children. Our aim is to characterize incidence trends of pediatric CNS tumors in Finland over the last three decades. Methods Data on all benign and malignant incident CNS tumors diagnosed in children aged 0–14 years in 1990–2017 were extracted from the Finnish Cancer Registry and classified according to the 2016 WHO classification of CNS tumors. We analyzed age-standardized incidence rates (ASR) for pediatric CNS tumors overall and by sex, age, tumor histology, grade, and location using Poisson regression. We used joinpoint regression to evaluate changes in trends. Results Overall, 1117 pediatric CNS tumor cases were registered in Finland with a 1.2:1 male to female ratio. The average annual ASR was 4.3 per 100,000 person-years (95% CI 4.26, 4.34). The most common tumor type was pilocytic astrocytoma (30% of tumors), followed by medulloblastoma (10%) with incidence rates of 1.30 and 0.45 per 100,000 person-years, respectively. The overall incidence of pediatric CNS tumors increased by an annual percentage change (APC) of 0.8% (95% CI 0.2, 1.4). We observed no major changes in incidence trends of tumor histology groups or tumor location groups. The ASR of benign tumors increased by an APC of 1.0 (95% CI 0.1, 2.0). Conclusions Utilizing the high-quality and completeness of data in the Finnish Cancer registry, we found that the incidence of pediatric CNS tumors in Finland has increased slightly from 1990 until 2017. Although variations in diagnostic and registration practices over time might have affected the rates, the trend may also reflect a true increase in incidence.
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- Jad Abuhamed
- The Health Sciences Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Arvo Ylpön katu 34, 33520, Tampere, Finland.
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- TamCAM - Tampere Center for Child, Adolescent and Maternal Health Research, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- The Health Sciences Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Arvo Ylpön katu 34, 33520, Tampere, Finland.,UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland
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- The Health Sciences Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Arvo Ylpön katu 34, 33520, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Pediatrics and Tays Cancer Center, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- The Health Sciences Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Arvo Ylpön katu 34, 33520, Tampere, Finland.,Finnish Cancer Registry, Institute for Statistical and Epidemiological Cancer Research, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- The Health Sciences Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Arvo Ylpön katu 34, 33520, Tampere, Finland.,STUK - Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Helsinki, Finland.,Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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Pylväläinen J, Hoffström J, Kenttämies A, Auvinen A, Mirtti T, Rannikko A. Abstract 2234: Incidence of clinically significant prostate cancer after negative prostate MRI - comparison to general population. Cancer Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2022-2234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Prostate MRI has high NPV (around 90%) for clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa, ISUP grade group ≥ 2)1. However, clinicians are still faced with significant uncertainty when considering whether to avoid or to proceed to systematic biopsies in a man with negative MRI (nMRI). When making such an informed decision, information on the risk of subsequent csPCa diagnosis after nMRI in respect to risk of csPCa in general population may be beneficial.
Hence, our objective was to compare incidence rate (IR) of csPCa and overdiagnosis rate (diagnosis of ISUP grade group 1 cancer, isPCa) after nMRI (PI-RADS 1-2) to outcomes in general population, and to assess the value of age and PSA-density in stratification.
We utilized institutional and national registries to retrospectively identify 1,685 50-79-year-old PCa-free men who underwent a primary nMRI at our institution, of whom 906 men had PSA-D < 0.15 ng/ml/cm3. We compared the IR of csPCa and overdiagnosis rate in relation to general population (n=230,246) during follow-up (up to four years) under clinical routine since December 2015 (PIRADS v2 era).
We calculated age-standardized IR ratios (IRR) of csPCa and odds ratios (OR) of overdiagnosis with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) as age-pooled and among 10-year interval groups (50-59, 60-69 and 70-79 years).
Follow-up times in general population cohort, nMRI cohort, and nMRI and low PSA-D cohort were 885,792, 3,363, and 1,821 years and IRs of csPCa were 406, 2,201, and 989 per 100,000 person years. In reference to general population, IRR of csPCa in nMRI cohort was 4.2 (95% CI 3.3-5.4) which reduced to 1.8 (95% CI 1.1-2.9) if PSA-D was < 0.15 ng/ml/cm3. ORs of isPCa were 3.0 (95% CI 2.0-4.6) and 4.6 (95% CI 2.2-9.5), respectively. IRRs of csPCa of 50-59, 60-69 and 70-79-year-old men were 14.1 (95% CI 10.5-25.4), 3.2 (95% CI 2.1-4.6) and 3.4 (95% CI 1.6-3.9).
Limitations of this study include retrospective and registry-based design.
In conclusion, the risk of subsequent csPCa after nMRI in young men is significant, when compared to population risk. However, with advancing age, these risks converge. For a subgroup of men with PSA-D < 0.15 ng/ml/cm3, the relative risk of csPCa is low in all age groups and comparable to population risk. At the same time, the risk of overdiagnosis after nMRI is substantially higher than in general population. In light of our results, elderly men with nMRI and men at all age groups with nMRI and PSA-D < 0.15 ng/ml/cm3 could be considered candidates for follow-up instead of systematic biopsy.
References:
1. Sathianathen NJ, Omer A, Harriss E, et al. Negative Predictive Value of Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Detection of Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer in the Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System Era: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Eur Urol. 2020;78(3):402-414. doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2020.03.048
Citation Format: Juho Pylväläinen, Jaakko Hoffström, Anu Kenttämies, Anssi Auvinen, Tuomas Mirtti, Antti Rannikko. Incidence of clinically significant prostate cancer after negative prostate MRI - comparison to general population [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2022; 2022 Apr 8-13. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2022;82(12_Suppl):Abstract nr 2234.
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- 1HUS Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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Peltomaa AI, Talala K, Taari K, Tammela TLJ, Auvinen A, Murtola TJ. Inverse Association between Statin Use and Cancer Mortality Relates to Cholesterol Level. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:cancers14122920. [PMID: 35740586 PMCID: PMC9221017 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14122920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2022] [Revised: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Simple Summary We observed that the inverse association between statin use and cancer mortality is limited to men with a reduction in cholesterol after the commencement of statins. These findings demonstrate that the observed inverse association between the use of statins and mortality from cancer is related to cholesterol level. To our knowledge, this is the first study to evaluate the separate effects of cholesterol level and statin use on cancer mortality. Abstract Statins have been associated with a decreased cancer mortality. However, cholesterol level as such may modify the risk of cancer death. To clarify the complex interplay between statins, cholesterol level, and cancer mortality, we conducted a comprehensive analysis to separate the effects of cholesterol level and statin medication on cancer mortality. Our study population consisted of 16,924 men participating in the Finnish Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer with at least one cholesterol measurement during follow-up (1996–2017). Cox proportional regression was used to estimate hazard ratios. In total, 1699 cancer deaths were observed during the median follow-up of 19 years. When statins’ association with the risk of cancer death was estimated without adjustment for cholesterol level, statin use was associated with a lowered cancer mortality (HR 0.87; 95% CI 0.79–0.97) compared to non-users. However, with further adjustment for total cholesterol level, statin use was no longer associated with a lower cancer mortality (HR 1.08; 95% CI 0.97–1.20). Upon stratified analysis, statin use was associated with a decreased cancer mortality only if the total cholesterol level decreased after the initiation of statin use (HR 0.66; 95% CI 0.58–0.76). The inverse association between statin use and cancer mortality is limited to men with a reduction in total cholesterol level after the commencement of statins, i.e., statin use is associated with a lowered cancer mortality only if the total cholesterol level decreases. This suggests that the effect of statin use on cancer mortality relates to the decreased total cholesterol level.
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- Antti I. Peltomaa
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33100 Tampere, Finland; (T.L.J.T.); (T.J.M.)
- Correspondence:
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- Finnish Cancer Registry, 00100 Helsinki, Finland;
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- Department of Urology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, 00100 Helsinki, Finland;
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33100 Tampere, Finland; (T.L.J.T.); (T.J.M.)
- Department of Urology, TAYS Cancer Center, 33100 Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, 33100 Tampere, Finland;
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33100 Tampere, Finland; (T.L.J.T.); (T.J.M.)
- Department of Urology, TAYS Cancer Center, 33100 Tampere, Finland
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Auvinen A, Cardis E, Blettner M, Moissonnier M, Sadetzki S, Giles G, Johansen C, Swerdlow A, Cook A, Fleming S, Berg-Beckhoff G, Iavarone I, Parent ME, Woodward A, Tynes T, McBride M, Krewski D, Feychting M, Takebayashi T, Armstrong B, Hours M, Siemiatycki J, Lagorio S, Larsen SB, Schoemaker M, Klaeboe L, Lönn S, Schüz J. Diagnostic radiological examinations and risk of intracranial tumours in adults-findings from the Interphone Study. Int J Epidemiol 2022; 51:537-546. [PMID: 34648614 PMCID: PMC9082802 DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyab140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Exposure to high doses of ionizing radiation is among the few well-established brain tumour risk factors. We used data from the Interphone study to evaluate the effects of exposure to low-dose radiation from diagnostic radiological examinations on glioma, meningioma and acoustic neuroma risk. METHODS Brain tumour cases (2644 gliomas, 2236 meningiomas, 1083 neuromas) diagnosed in 2000-02 were identified through hospitals in 13 countries, and 6068 controls (population-based controls in most centres) were included in the analysis. Participation across all centres was 64% for glioma cases, 78% for meningioma cases, 82% for acoustic neuroma cases and 53% for controls. Information on previous diagnostic radiological examinations was obtained by interviews, including the frequency, timing and indication for the examinations. Typical brain doses per type of examination were estimated based on the literature. Examinations within the 5 years before the index date were excluded from the dose estimation. Adjusted odds ratios were estimated using conditional logistic regression. RESULTS No materially or consistently increased odds ratios for glioma, meningioma or acoustic neuroma were found for any specific type of examination, including computed tomography of the head and cerebral angiography. The only indication of an elevated risk was an increasing trend in risk of meningioma with the number of isotope scans, but no such trends for other examinations were observed. No gradient was found in risk with estimated brain dose. Age at exposure did not substantially modify the findings. Sensitivity analyses gave results consistent with the main analysis. CONCLUSIONS There was no consistent evidence for increased risks of brain tumours with X-ray examinations, although error from selection and recall bias cannot be completely excluded. A cautious interpretation is warranted for the observed association between isotope scans and meningioma.
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- Anssi Auvinen
- Faculty of Social Sciences, Unit of Health Sciences, Tampere
University, Tampere, Finland
- STUK—Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Helsinki,
Finland
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- Barcelona Institute of Global Health (ISGlobal), Centre for Research in
Environmental Epidemiology, Universitat Pompeu Funebra, Barcelona,
Spain
- CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Publica, Madrid, Spain
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- Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer
Research, London, UK
- Division of Breast Cancer Research, Institute of Cancer
Research, London, UK
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- School of Population and Global Health, University of Western
Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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- INRS Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Institut National de la
Recherche Scientifique, Université du Québec, Laval, QC, Canada
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- School of Population Health, University of Auckland,
Auckland, New Zealand
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- National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway
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- British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, University of
Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW,
Australia
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer
Research, London, UK
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- Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, Østerås, Norway
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- Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Region Halland, Research and Development, Sweden
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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Salminen JK, Mehtola A, Talala K, Taari K, Mäkinen J, Peltola J, Tammela TLJ, Auvinen A, Murtola TJ. Anti-epileptic drugs and prostate cancer-specific mortality compared to non-users of anti-epileptic drugs in the Finnish Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer. Br J Cancer 2022; 127:704-711. [PMID: 35505251 PMCID: PMC9381528 DOI: 10.1038/s41416-022-01817-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2021] [Revised: 03/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Drugs with histone deacetylase inhibitory (HDACi) properties have shown to decrease prostate cancer (PCa) cell growth in vitro. METHODS A cohort of 9261 PCa cases from the Finnish Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (FinRSPC) was used to evaluate prostate cancer-specific mortality in men using anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs). A national subscription database was used to obtain information on medication use. Cox regression with AED use as a time-dependent variable was used to analyse prostate cancer mortality in men using AEDs compared to non-users, and in men using HDACi AEDs compared to users of other AEDs. The analysis was adjusted for age, screening trial arm, PCa risk group, primary treatment of PCa, Charlson co-morbidity score and concomitant use of other drugs. RESULTS The use of AEDs, in general, was associated with an increased risk of PCa death. The use of HDACi AEDs was not significantly associated with decreased PCa mortality compared to use of other AEDs (HR 0.61, 95% CI 0.31-1.23). CONCLUSIONS AED usage is associated with elevated PCa mortality compared to non-users, likely reflecting the differences between men with epilepsy and those without. No benefit was observed from HDACi drugs compared to other AEDs.
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- Jukka K Salminen
- Tampere University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere, Finland.
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- Tampere University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Urology, Helsinki University and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Lapland Central Hospital, Department of Neurology, Rovaniemi, Finland
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- Tampere University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere, Finland.,Tampere University Hospital, Department of Neurology, Tampere, Finland
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- Tampere University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere, Finland.,Tampere University Hospital, Department of Urology, Tampere, Finland
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- Tampere University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere, Finland
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- Tampere University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere, Finland.,Tampere University Hospital, Department of Urology, Tampere, Finland
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Schlehofer B, Blettner M, Moissonnier M, Deltour I, Giles GG, Armstrong B, Siemiatycki J, Parent ME, Krewski D, Johansen C, Auvinen A, Lahkola A, Hours M, Berg-Beckhoff G, Sadetzki S, Lagorio S, Takebayashi T, Yamaguchi N, Woodward A, Cook A, Tynes T, Klaboe L, Feychting M, Feltbower R, Swerdlow A, Schoemaker M, Cardis E, Schüz J. Association of allergic diseases and epilepsy with risk of glioma, meningioma and acoustic neuroma: results from the INTERPHONE international case-control study. Eur J Epidemiol 2022; 37:503-512. [PMID: 35118581 DOI: 10.1007/s10654-022-00843-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 01/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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We investigated the association of allergic diseases and epilepsy with risk of brain tumours, in Interphone, a 13-country case-control study. Data were obtained from 2693 glioma cases, 2396 meningioma cases, and 1102 acoustic neuroma cases and their 6321 controls. Conditional logistic regression models were used to estimate pooled odds ratios (ORs) and their respective 95% confidence intervals (CIs), adjusted for education and time at interview. Reduced ORs were observed for glioma in relation to physician-diagnosed asthma (OR = 0.73; CI 0.58-0.92), hay fever (OR 0.72; CI 0.61-0.86), and eczema (OR 0.78, CI 0.64-0.94), but not for meningioma or acoustic neuroma. Previous diagnosis of epilepsy was associated with an increased OR for glioma (2.94; CI 1.87-4.63) and for meningioma (2.12; CI 1.27-3.56), but not for acoustic neuroma. This large-scale case-control study adds to the growing evidence that people with allergies have a lower risk of developing glioma, but not meningioma or acoustic neuroma. It also supports clinical observations of epilepsy prior to the diagnosis of glioma and meningioma.
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- Brigitte Schlehofer
- Leimen, Germany (retired); formerly: Unit of Environmental Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- International Agency for Research On Cancer (IARC/WHO), Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research On Cancer (IARC/WHO), Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, Lyon, France
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Precision Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
- STUK Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Environmental Radiation Surveillance, Helsinki, Finland
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- STUK Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Environmental Radiation Surveillance, Helsinki, Finland
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- Unit for Health Promotion Research, Department of Public Health, and Hospital South West Jutland Esbjerg, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Cancer & Radiation Epidemiology Unit, Gertner Institute for Epidemiology & Health Policy Research, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Istituto Superiore Di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Public Health, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, Østerås; The Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Barcelona Institute of Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiologia Y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain
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- International Agency for Research On Cancer (IARC/WHO), Environment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, Lyon, France.
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Rannikko A, Leht M, Mirtti T, Kenttämies A, Tolonen T, Rinta‐Kiikka I, Kilpeläinen TP, Natunen K, Lilja H, Lehtimäki T, Raitanen J, Kujala P, Ronkainen J, Matikainen M, Petas A, Taari K, Tammela T, Auvinen A. Population‐based randomized trial of screening for clinically significant prostate cancer ProScreen: pilot study. BJU Int 2021; 130:193-199. [PMID: 34958531 PMCID: PMC9327584 DOI: 10.1111/bju.15683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Objectives To evaluate the feasibility of a population‐based screening trial using prostate‐specific antigen (PSA), a kallikrein panel and multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) aimed at minimizing overdiagnosis, while retaining mortality benefit. Patients and Methods Feasibility of the screening algorithm was evaluated in terms of participation, screening test results and cancer detection. A random sample of 400 men aged 65 years was identified from the population registry and invited for screening with three stepwise tests (PSA, kallikrein panel and MRI). Men with PSA levels ≥3 ng/mL were further tested with the kallikrein panel, and those with positive findings (risk >7.5%) were referred for prostate MRI. Men with positive MRI (Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System [PI‐RADS] score 3–5) had targeted biopsies only. Men with negative MRI, but PSA density ≥0.15 underwent systematic biopsies. Results Of the 399 men invited, 158 (40%) participated and 27 had PSA levels ≥3 ng/mL (7% of the invited and 17% of the participants). Of these, 22 had a positive kallikrein panel (6% of the invited and 81% of the PSA‐positive men). Finally, 10 men (3% of the invited and 45% of 4Kscore [kallikrein panel]‐positive) had a suspicious MRI finding (PI‐RADS score ≥3) and five were diagnosed with a clinically significant prostate cancer (Gleason Grade Group [GG] ≥2) at fusion biopsy (3% of the participants), with two GG 1 cases (1%). Additional testing (kallikrein panel and MRI) after PSA reduced biopsies by 56%. Conclusion The findings constitute proof of principle for our screening protocol, as we achieved a substantial detection rate for clinically significant cancer with few clinically insignificant cases. Participation, however, was suboptimal.
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- Antti Rannikko
- University of Helsinki Faculty of Medicine and Helsinki University Hospital, Department of Urology Helsinki Finland
- Research Program in Systems Oncology Faculty of Medicine University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland
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- Tampere University Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology Tampere Finland
- Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District Hyvinkää Hospital Department of Urology Hyvinkää Finland
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- Research Program in Systems Oncology Faculty of Medicine University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland
- HUS Diagnostic Centre HUS Medical Imaging Centre Pathology Helsinki Finland
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- HUS Diagnostic Centre HUS Medical Imaging Centre Radiology Helsinki Finland
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- Fimlab Laboratories Department of Pathology Tampere Finland
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- University of Helsinki Faculty of Medicine and Helsinki University Hospital, Department of Urology Helsinki Finland
- Tampere University Hospital Department of Radiology Tampere Finland
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- University of Helsinki Faculty of Medicine and Helsinki University Hospital, Department of Urology Helsinki Finland
- Research Program in Systems Oncology Faculty of Medicine University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland
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- Tampere University Faculty of Social Sciences Tampere Finland
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- Departments of Laboratory Medicine, Surgery, and Medicine Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York NY USA
- Department of Translational Medicine Lund University Malmö Sweden
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- University of Helsinki Faculty of Medicine and Helsinki University Hospital, Department of Urology Helsinki Finland
- Fimlab Laboratories Department of Clinical Chemistry Tampere Finland
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- Tampere University Faculty of Social Sciences Tampere Finland
- UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research Tampere Finland
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- Fimlab Laboratories Department of Pathology Tampere Finland
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- University of Helsinki Faculty of Medicine and Helsinki University Hospital, Department of Urology Helsinki Finland
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- University of Helsinki Faculty of Medicine and Helsinki University Hospital, Department of Urology Helsinki Finland
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- University of Helsinki Faculty of Medicine and Helsinki University Hospital, Department of Urology Helsinki Finland
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- Tampere University Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology Tampere Finland
- Tampere University Hospital Department of Urology Tampere Finland
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- Tampere University Faculty of Social Sciences Tampere Finland
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Bespalov A, Barchuk A, Auvinen A, Nevalainen J. Cancer screening simulation models: a state of the art review. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 2021; 21:359. [PMID: 34930233 PMCID: PMC8690438 DOI: 10.1186/s12911-021-01713-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/09/2022] Open
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Background Nowadays, various simulation approaches for evaluation and decision making in cancer screening can be found in the literature. This paper presents an overview of approaches used to assess screening programs for breast, lung, colorectal, prostate, and cervical cancers. Our main objectives are to describe methodological approaches and trends for different cancer sites and study populations, and to evaluate quality of cancer screening simulation studies. Methods A systematic literature search was performed in Medline, Web of Science, and Scopus databases. The search time frame was limited to 1999–2018 and 7101 studies were found. Of them, 621 studies met inclusion criteria, and 587 full-texts were retrieved, with 300 of the studies chosen for analysis. Finally, 263 full texts were used in the analysis (37 were excluded during the analysis). A descriptive and trend analysis of models was performed using a checklist created for the study. Results Currently, the most common methodological approaches in modeling cancer screening were individual-level Markov models (34% of the publications) and cohort-level Markov models (41%). The most commonly evaluated cancer types were breast (25%) and colorectal (24%) cancer. Studies on cervical cancer evaluated screening and vaccination (18%) or screening only (13%). Most studies have been conducted for North American (42%) and European (39%) populations. The number of studies with high quality scores increased over time. Conclusions Our findings suggest that future directions for cancer screening modelling include individual-level Markov models complemented by screening trial data, and further effort in model validation and data openness. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12911-021-01713-5.
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- Aleksandr Bespalov
- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Arvo, Box 100, 33014, Tampere, Finland. .,Petrov National Research Medical Center of Oncology, Leningradskaya 68, Pesochny, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 197758.
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Arvo, Box 100, 33014, Tampere, Finland.,Institute for Interdisciplinary Health Research, European University, Shpalernaya Ulitsa, 1, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 191187
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Arvo, Box 100, 33014, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Arvo, Box 100, 33014, Tampere, Finland
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Auvinen A, Cardis E, Blettner M, Moissonnier M, Sadetzki S, Giles G, Johansen C, Swerdlow A, Cook A, Fleming S, Berg-Beckhoff G, Iavarone I, Parent ME, Woodward A, Tynes T, McBride M, Krewski D, Feychting M, Takebayashi T, Armstrong B, Hours M, Siemiatycki J, Lagorio S, Larsen SB, Schoemaker M, Klaeboe L, Lönn S, Schüz J. Corrigendum to: Diagnostic radiological examinations and risk of intracranial tumours in adults-findings from the interphone study. Int J Epidemiol 2021; 51:690. [PMID: 34849931 PMCID: PMC9082786 DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyab240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Vettenranta A, Murtola TJ, Raitanen J, Raittinen P, Talala K, Taari K, Stenman UH, Tammela TLJ, Auvinen A. Outcomes of Screening for Prostate Cancer Among Men Who Use Statins. JAMA Oncol 2021; 8:61-68. [PMID: 34817559 DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.5672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Importance Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening for prostate cancer has resulted in a slight reduction in prostate cancer mortality but also a concomitant overdiagnosis of low-risk tumors. Prostate-specific antigen levels are affected by use of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, but the association of statin use with PSA screening performance is unknown. Objective To investigate whether statin use was associated with outcomes of a randomized PSA-based prostate cancer screening intervention. Design, Setting, and Participants This post hoc subgroup analysis of a cohort from a population-based randomized clinical trial used data from the population-based Finnish Randomized Study of Prostate Cancer Screening, which randomized men to PSA screening or routine care from March 1, 1996, to December 31, 1999, with follow-up continuing until December 31, 2015. The population included all men aged 55 to 67 years at baseline and residing in the Tampere or Helsinki districts of Finland. Information on statin purchases from 1996 to 2009 was obtained from a national prescription registry. Eligible men were identified from the population registry of Finland. Prevalent prostate cancer cases at baseline were excluded. Data were analyzed from January 1, 2019 to March 31, 2021. Interventions Three invitations for PSA screening at 4-year intervals from 1996 to 2007 vs routine care. Main Outcomes and Measures Risk for prostate cancer overall, high-risk disease, and prostate cancer mortality in the screening group vs the control group as an intention-to-treat analysis. The analysis was stratified by statin use. Results The study comprised 78 606 men (median age, 59 years [range, 55-67 years]) with statin purchase data available. Although PSA screening was associated with increased prostate cancer incidence among statin nonusers (screening vs control, 11.2 vs 8.6 per 1000 person-years); rate ratio [RR], 1.31; 95% CI, 1.24-1.38), no similar increase in incidence was observed among statin users (6.9 vs 5.9 per 1000 person-years; RR, 1.02; 95% CI, 0.95-1.10; P < .001 for interaction). Incidence of low-risk (Gleason score 6) and localized tumors was lower among statin users, whereas detection of tumors with a Gleason score of 8 to 10 was similar. Screening was associated with a lower incidence of metastatic tumors regardless of statin use. Conclusion and Relevance In this post hoc subgroup analysis of a cohort from a population-based randomized clinical trial, PSA screening among statin users was associated with a decreased incidence of advanced prostate cancer that was similar among statin nonusers, but with less increase in detection of low-grade localized tumors in statin users than in nonusers. These findings suggest that statin use does not materially compromise benefits of PSA-based screening.
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- Arla Vettenranta
- Tampere University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere, Finland
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- Tampere University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere, Finland.,Tays Cancer Centre, Department of Urology, Tampere, Finland
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- Tampere University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere, Finland.,Urho Kaleva Kekkonen Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland
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- Aalto University, Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Urology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Urology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Tampere University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere, Finland.,Tays Cancer Centre, Department of Urology, Tampere, Finland
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- Tampere University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere, Finland.,Tampere University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere, Finland
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Pöyhönen A, Åkerla J, Koskimäki J, Tammela TLJ, Auvinen A. Sauna habits/bathing and changes in lower urinary tract symptoms - Tampere Ageing Male Urologic Study (TAMUS). Scand J Urol 2021; 56:77-82. [PMID: 34783288 DOI: 10.1080/21681805.2021.2002403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of sauna bathing on lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in a Finnish population-based cohort. METHODS A mail survey was sent to a population-based cohort of 50-, 60-, and 70-year-old men in 1994 followed by repeat questionnaires in 1999 and 2004. The evaluation of ten different types of LUTS was based on Danish Prostatic Symptom Score (DAN-PSS-1). The weekly frequency of sauna bathing was assessed in the first questionnaire and divided into three subgroups (0-1, 2, and ≥3). The prevalence, incidence, and remission rate of each LUTS was assessed based on the initial and follow-up assessments. In addition, the mean DAN-PSS-1 symptoms score, medication for LUTS, and operative treatment were determined at each time-point. Chi-square test, a linear-by-linear test, and binary logistic regression analysis were used to assess statistical significance. RESULTS The population-based cohort included initially 3,163, men of whom 1,306 (41.3%) responded to all three questionnaire rounds and were included in the analysis. There was no clear association between sauna bathing frequency and prevalence of the nine LUTS, nor with incidence and remission rates. The only exception was feelings of incomplete emptying, with lower prevalence associated with frequent sauna bathing. There were no clear differences in the medications or operations for LUTS by sauna bathing habits. CONCLUSION Based on our results, sauna bathing does not affect LUTS development or natural history in the long-term.
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- Antti Pöyhönen
- Centre for Military Medicine, The Finnish Defence Forces, Riihimäki, Finland
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- Department of Urology, Tampere University Hospital and Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.,Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Urology, Tampere University Hospital and Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Urology, Tampere University Hospital and Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.,Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University Hospital and Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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Loukovaara S, Auvinen A, Haukka J. Associations between systemic medications and development of wet age-related macular degeneration. Acta Ophthalmol 2021; 100:572-582. [PMID: 34779110 DOI: 10.1111/aos.15056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Revised: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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PURPOSE To examine whether systemic medications are associated with the subsequent development of wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD). METHODS A retrospective study of 259 562 individuals based on registry data, from January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2017. End-point event was the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 diagnosis for wet AMD. Association between use of systemic medication covering 85 generic drugs categorized according to Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) codes and the incidence of wet AMD was evaluated using multivariate Poisson regression model (adjusted for age, sex, diabetes, cancer and socioeconomic group) and nested case-control design. RESULTS The mean length of follow-up was 9.84 years. The number of cases with wet AMD was 2947 and incidence rate was 1.15 per 1000 person-years. After adjustment, we observed an increased risk for the development of wet AMD for patients exposed to amlodipine (IRR 1.33, 95% CI 1.16-1.53), or felodipine (1.24, 95% CI 1.02-1.50). Similarly, an increased risk of wet AMD was associated with the use of bicalutamide (2.14, 95% CI 1.14-4.02), estradiol (1.20, 95% CI 1.03-1.40) and atorvastatin (1.22, 95% CI 1.05-1.43). Of note, digoxin (0.72, 95% CI 0.57-0.91), and ramipril (0.80, 95% CI 0.65-0.99) users had a lower incidence of wet AMD. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that the use of second-generation calcium channel blockers could be associated with an increased risk for wet AMD development. Of note, the incidence of wet AMD seemed to be lower in patients using ramipril and digoxin. More studies are needed to elucidate the associations further.
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- Sirpa Loukovaara
- Unit of Vitreoretinal Surgery Department of Ophthalmology Helsinki University Hospital, and Individualized Drug Therapy Research Program University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences Health Sciences Tampere University Tampere Finland
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- Department of Public Health University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology Tampere University Tampere Finland
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Emmert-Streib F, Manjang K, Dehmer M, Yli-Harja O, Auvinen A. Are There Limits in Explainability of Prognostic Biomarkers? Scrutinizing Biological Utility of Established Signatures. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13205087. [PMID: 34680236 PMCID: PMC8533990 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13205087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Revised: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Prognostic biomarkers can have an important role in the clinical practice because they allow stratification of patients in terms of predicting the outcome of a disorder. Obstacles for developing such markers include lack of robustness when using different data sets and limited concordance among similar signatures. In this paper, we highlight a new problem that relates to the biological meaning of already established prognostic gene expression signatures. Specifically, it is commonly assumed that prognostic markers provide sensible biological information and molecular explanations about the underlying disorder. However, recent studies on prognostic biomarkers investigating 80 established signatures of breast and prostate cancer demonstrated that this is not the case. We will show that this surprising result is related to the distinction between causal models and predictive models and the obfuscating usage of these models in the biomedical literature. Furthermore, we suggest a falsification procedure for studies aiming to establish a prognostic signature to safeguard against false expectations with respect to biological utility.
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- Frank Emmert-Streib
- Predictive Society and Data Analytics Lab, Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University, 33720 Tampere, Finland;
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- Predictive Society and Data Analytics Lab, Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University, 33720 Tampere, Finland;
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- Department of Computer Science, Swiss Distance University of Applied Sciences, 3900 Brig, Switzerland;
- Department of Mechatronics and Biomedical Computer Science, UMIT, 6060 Hall in Tyrol, Austria
- College of Artificial Intelligence, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Computational Systems Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33720 Tampere, Finland;
- Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
- Institute of Biosciences and Medical Technology, 33720 Tampere, Finland
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- Unit of Health Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, 33720 Tampere, Finland;
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Barchuk A, Tursun-Zade R, Belayev A, Moore M, Komarov Y, Moshina N, Anttila A, Nevalainen J, Auvinen A, Ryzhov A, Znaor A. Comparability and validity of cancer registry data in the northwest of Russia. Acta Oncol 2021; 60:1264-1271. [PMID: 34424113 DOI: 10.1080/0284186x.2021.1967443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Despite the elaborate history of statistical reporting in the USSR, Russia established modern population-based cancer registries (PBCR) only in the 1990s. The quality of PBCRs data has not been thoroughly analyzed. This study aims at assessing the comparability and validity of cancer statistics in regions of the Northwestern Federal District (NWFD) of Russia. MATERIAL AND METHODS Data from ten Russian regional PBCRs covering ∼13 million (∼5 million in St. Petersburg) were processed in line with IARC/IACR and ENCR recommendations. We extracted and analyzed all registered cases but focused on cases diagnosed between 2008 and 2017. For comparability and validity assessment, we applied established qualitative and quantitative methods. RESULTS Data collection in NWFD is in line with international standards. Distributions of diagnosis dates revealed higher variation in several regions, but overall, distributions are relatively uniform. The proportion of multiple primaries between 2008 and 2017 ranged from 6.7% in Vologda Oblast to 12.4% in Saint-Petersburg. We observed substantial regional heterogeneity for most indicators of validity. In 2013-2017, proportions of morphologically verified cases ranged between 61.7 and 89%. Death certificates only (DCO) cases proportion was in the range of 1-14% for all regions, except for Saint-Petersburg (up to 23%). The proportion of cases with a primary site unknown was between 1 and 3%. Certain cancer types (e.g., pancreas, liver, hematological malignancies, and CNS tumors) and cancers in older age groups showed lower validity. CONCLUSION While the overall level of comparability and validity of PBCRs data of four out of ten regions of NWFD of Russia meets the international standards, differences between the regions are substantial. The local instructions for cancer registration need to be updated and implemented. The data validity assessment also reflects pitfalls in the quality of diagnosis of certain cancer types and patient groups.
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- Anton Barchuk
- Unit of Health Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
- NN Petrov National Research Medical Center of Oncology, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
- Epidemiology Group, European University at Saint-Petersburg, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- Epidemiology Group, European University at Saint-Petersburg, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- NN Petrov National Research Medical Center of Oncology, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Public Health, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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- NN Petrov National Research Medical Center of Oncology, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- Unit of Health Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Unit of Health Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- National Cancer Registry of Ukraine, National Cancer Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine
- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Cancer Surveillance Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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Wollschläger D, Auvinen A, Blettner M, Zeeb H. Methodological considerations for interrupted time series analysis in radiation epidemiology: an overview. J Radiol Prot 2021; 41:609-618. [PMID: 34261051 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6498/ac149c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Interrupted time series analysis (ITSA) is a method that can be applied to evaluate health outcomes in populations exposed to ionizing radiation following major radiological events. Using aggregated time series data, ITSA evaluates whether the time trend of a health indicator shows a change associated with the radiological event. That is, ITSA checks whether there is a statistically significant discrepancy between the projection of a pre-event trend and the data empirically observed after the event. Conducting ITSA requires one to consider specific methodological issues due to unique threats to internal validity that make ITSA prone to bias. We here discuss the strengths and limitations of ITSA with respect to bias and confounding, data quality, and statistical aspects. We provide recommendations to strengthen the robustness of ITSA studies and reduce their susceptibility to producing spurious results as a consequence of arbitrary modelling decisions.
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- Daniel Wollschläger
- Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Faculty of Social Sciences (Health Sciences), Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
- STUK - Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS, Bremen, Germany
- Wissenschaftsschwerpunkt Gesundheitswissenschaften, Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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