Sinonasal Cancer and Occupational Exposure in a Population-Based Registry

Table 3

Occupational exposure to carcinogenic agents among subjects with sinonasal cancer, by tumor morphology; Lombardy region sinonasal cancer registry, 2008–2011 (𝑁=200 with interview).

Occupational exposure	SCC		Adenocarcinoma		Other		𝑃 value^a
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Never exposed	69	82.1	13	21.3	41	74.5	Reference
Ever exposed (any agent)	15	17.9	48	78.7	14	25.5	<0.001
Wood dust	6	7.1	31	50.8	7	12.7	<0.001
Leather dust	4	4.8	19	31.1	6	10.9	<0.001
Nickel compounds	1	1.2	1	1.6	1	1.8	0.44
Chromium compounds	2	2.4	1	1.6	1	1.8	0.65
PAH	2	2.4	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.46
Cork dust	0	0.0	1	1.6	0	0.0	0.02

PAH: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, SCC: squamous cell carcinoma.
^aFrom chi-square test (reference: never exposed).
Note: a subject may have been exposed to more than one agent in his/her occupational history.