Cancer Incidence Among Male Massachusetts Firefighters, 1987-2003.

This article presents a study regarding cancer incidence among male firefighters in Massachusetts from 1987 to 2003. The study aims to investigate the elevated risks of various types of cancers in firefighters because firefighters are known to be exposed to recognizable or probable carcinogens. Standardized morbidity odds ratio were employed to examine the cancer risk in white, male firefighters compared to police and all other occupations recorded in the Massachusetts Cancer Registry from 1986 to 2003.