Increased concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls, hexachlorobenzene, and chlordanes in mothers of men with testicular cancer
Hardell, L ; van Bavel, B ; Lindstrom, G ; Carlberg, M ; Dreifaldt, AC ; Wijkstrom, H ; Starkhammar, H ; Eriksson, Mikael LU
; Hallquist, A
and Kolmert, T
(2003)
In Environmental Health Perspectives
111(7).
p.930-934
- Abstract
- An increasing incidence of testicular cancer has been reported from several countries in the Western world during the last decades. According to current hypothesis, testicular cancer is initiated during the fetal period, and exposure to endocrine disruptors, i.e., xenoestrogens, has been of concern. In this investigation we studied the concentrations of the sum of 38 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), p,p'-dichlorodiphenyl-dichloroethylene, hexachlorobenzene (HCB), and chlordanes, in 61 cases with testicular cancer and 58 age-matched controls. Furthermore, case and control mothers were also asked to participate, and 44 case mothers and 45 control mothers agreed. They were of similar age. In cases only the concentration on lipid basis of... (More)
- An increasing incidence of testicular cancer has been reported from several countries in the Western world during the last decades. According to current hypothesis, testicular cancer is initiated during the fetal period, and exposure to endocrine disruptors, i.e., xenoestrogens, has been of concern. In this investigation we studied the concentrations of the sum of 38 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), p,p'-dichlorodiphenyl-dichloroethylene, hexachlorobenzene (HCB), and chlordanes, in 61 cases with testicular cancer and 58 age-matched controls. Furthermore, case and control mothers were also asked to participate, and 44 case mothers and 45 control mothers agreed. They were of similar age. In cases only the concentration on lipid basis of cis-nonachlordane was significantly increased, whereas case mothers showed significantly increased concentrations of the sum of PCBs, HCB, trans- and cis-nonachlordane, and the sum of chlordanes. Among case mothers the sum of PCBs yielded an odds ratio (OR) of 3.8; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.4-10 was calculated using the median concentration for the control mothers as cutoff value. For HCB, OR = 4.4 (95% CI, 1.7-12); for trans-nonachlordane, OR = 4.1 (95% CI, 1.5-11); for cis-nonachlordane, OR = 3.1 (95% CI, 1.2-7.8); and for sum of chlordanes, OR = 1.9 (95% CI, 0.7-5.0). No consistent different risk pattern was found for seminoma. or nonseminoma testicular cancer. (Less)
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- Hardell, L
; van Bavel, B
; Lindstrom, G
; Carlberg, M
; Dreifaldt, AC
; Wijkstrom, H
; Starkhammar, H
; Eriksson, Mikael
LU
; Hallquist, A
and Kolmert, T
- organization
- publishing date
- 2003
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- testicular cancer, pollutants, persistent organic, hexachlorobenzene, chlordanes, fetal period, polychlorinated biphenyls
- in
- Environmental Health Perspectives
- volume
- 111
- issue
- 7
- pages
- 930 - 934
- publisher
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- external identifiers
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- wos:000183498900031
- pmid:12782494
- scopus:0038759618
- ISSN
- 1552-9924
- DOI
- 10.1289/ehp.5816
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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abstract = {{An increasing incidence of testicular cancer has been reported from several countries in the Western world during the last decades. According to current hypothesis, testicular cancer is initiated during the fetal period, and exposure to endocrine disruptors, i.e., xenoestrogens, has been of concern. In this investigation we studied the concentrations of the sum of 38 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), p,p'-dichlorodiphenyl-dichloroethylene, hexachlorobenzene (HCB), and chlordanes, in 61 cases with testicular cancer and 58 age-matched controls. Furthermore, case and control mothers were also asked to participate, and 44 case mothers and 45 control mothers agreed. They were of similar age. In cases only the concentration on lipid basis of cis-nonachlordane was significantly increased, whereas case mothers showed significantly increased concentrations of the sum of PCBs, HCB, trans- and cis-nonachlordane, and the sum of chlordanes. Among case mothers the sum of PCBs yielded an odds ratio (OR) of 3.8; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.4-10 was calculated using the median concentration for the control mothers as cutoff value. For HCB, OR = 4.4 (95% CI, 1.7-12); for trans-nonachlordane, OR = 4.1 (95% CI, 1.5-11); for cis-nonachlordane, OR = 3.1 (95% CI, 1.2-7.8); and for sum of chlordanes, OR = 1.9 (95% CI, 0.7-5.0). No consistent different risk pattern was found for seminoma. or nonseminoma testicular cancer.}},
author = {{Hardell, L and van Bavel, B and Lindstrom, G and Carlberg, M and Dreifaldt, AC and Wijkstrom, H and Starkhammar, H and Eriksson, Mikael and Hallquist, A and Kolmert, T}},
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keywords = {{testicular cancer; pollutants; persistent organic; hexachlorobenzene; chlordanes; fetal period; polychlorinated biphenyls}},
language = {{eng}},
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publisher = {{National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences}},
series = {{Environmental Health Perspectives}},
title = {{Increased concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls, hexachlorobenzene, and chlordanes in mothers of men with testicular cancer}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.5816}},
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year = {{2003}},
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