Risk and Protective Factors for Cancer Mortality among United States Service Members and Veterans (2001-2018)

Prior research linking military factors with cancer-specific mortality has shown inconsistent findings, with few studies examining these associations among U.S. service members and veterans who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom conflicts. Cancer mortality between 2001 and...

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Published in:Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention biomarkers & prevention, 2023-05, Vol.32 (5), p.606-616
Main Authors: Sharifian, Neika, Carey, Felicia R, Seay, Julia S, Castañeda, Sheila F, Boyko, Edward J, Rull, Rudolph P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cohort Studies
Lung Neoplasms - mortality
Military Health
Military Personnel
Neoplasms - mortality
Protective Factors
Risk Factors
United States - epidemiology
Veterans
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Summary:Prior research linking military factors with cancer-specific mortality has shown inconsistent findings, with few studies examining these associations among U.S. service members and veterans who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom conflicts. Cancer mortality between 2001 and 2018 was ascertained from the Department of Defense Medical Mortality Registry and National Death Index for 194,689 Millennium Cohort Study participants. Cause-specific Cox proportional hazard models were used to examine links between military characteristics and cancer mortality [overall, early (
ISSN:1055-9965
1538-7755
DOI:10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-22-0943