Life course social mobility and risk of upper aerodigestive tract cancer in men

Abstract

The aim of this study was to explore associations between social mobility and tumours of the upper aero-digestive tract (UADT), focussing on life-course transitions in social prestige (SP) based on occupational history. 1,796 cases diagnosed between 1993 and 2005 in ten European countries were compared with 1585 controls. SP was classified by the Standard International Occupational Prestige Scale (SIOPS) based on job histories.

Keywords

• Laryngeal cancer
• Pharyngeal cancer
• Oral cavity cancer
• Oesophageal cancer
• Case-control study
• Socioeconomic status
• Occupational history
• socioeconomic-status
• alcohol-consumption
• vegetable consumption
• drinking patterns
• digestive-tract
• telomere length
• oral-cancer
• neck-cancer
• young men
• mortality