Occupational socioeconomic risk associations for head and neck cancer in Europe and South America: individual participant data analysis of pooled case-control studies within the INHANCE Consortium.
David I ConwayJan HovanecWolfgang AhrensAlastair J RossIvana HolcatovaPagona LagiouLuigino Dal MasoCristina CanovaLorenzo RichiardiClaire HealyKristina KjaerheimGary John MacfarlanePeter J ThomsonAntonio AgudoPaul J BrennanPaul BrennanDanièle LuceGwenn MenvielleIsabelle StuckerSimone BenhamouHeribert RamrothPaolo BoffettaMarta VilenskyLeticia FernandezMaria Paula CuradoAna Maria Baptista MenezesAlexander DaudtRosalina Jorge KoifmanVictor Wunsch-FilhoAmy Lee Yuan-ChinMia HashibeThomas BehrensAlex D McMahonPublished in: Journal of epidemiology and community health (2021)
These findings indicate that low occupational socioeconomic prestige, position and manual work are associated with head and neck cancer, and such risks are only partly explained by smoking, alcohol and occupational exposures. Perceptual occupational psychosocial status (SIOPS) appears to be the strongest socioeconomic factor, relative to socioeconomic position and manual/non-manual work.