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© 1990 Oxford University Press

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Investigation of a Testicular Cancer Cluster Using a Case-Control Approach

ELIZABETH G MARSHALL*, JAMES M MELIUS*, MATTHEW A LONDON*, PHILIP C NASCA** and WILLIAM S BURNETT**

*Division of Occupational Health and Environmental Epidemiology, New York State Department of Health Albany, NY, 12203, USA.
**Bureau of Cancer Epidemiology, New York State Department of Health Albany, NY, USA.

Marshall E G (Division of Occupational Health and Environmental Epidemiology, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY 12203, USA). Melius J M, London M A, Nasca P C and Burnett W S. Investigation of a testicular cancer cluster using a case-control approach. International Journal of Epidemiology 1990: 19: 269–273

A case-control methodology was developed and utilized to investigate a reported cluster of testicular cancer among leather workers in New York. Eighteen cases of testicular cancer, including the three index cases, diagnosed from 1974 to 1986 among residents of two counties with substantial leather tanning and finishing establishments made up the case group. Controls (n=259) consisted of men of similar age who had been diagnosed with cancers of all other sites during the same time period. Reports of usual occupation for cases and controls, obtained from cancer registry reports and death certificates, indicated that cases were much more likely to be leather workers (28%) than controls (7%). After adjustment for age, the relative risk estimate for occupation and testicular cancer was 7.2 (95% CI: 1.9–27.7). The association was further supported by occupational histories showing similar work environments within the leather industry for five out of six cases known to have been leather workers. Case-control analysis of a reported cluster does not provide independent confirmation of an association between occupational factors and testicular cancer. The methodology, however, can provide a timely way to evaluate the significance of occupational cancer clusters.

Revised 1 October 1989


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