. 2023 Apr 12;11:1126066. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1126066

Table 5.

Cancers experienced by female firefighter survey respondents, with invasive cancer or incipient cancer, by stage, grade, and treatment type.

Invasive cancer
			Stage	Grade					Treatment¹
		0	I	II	III	IV	Undetermined	Well Differentiated	Moderately Differentiated	Poorly Differentiated	Un-differentiated	Surgery	Chemo-therapy	Radiotherapy	Observation	Other²
Type of cancer	n	Count	Count	Count	Count	Count	Count	Count	Count	Count	Count	Count	Count	Count	Count	Count
Breast	37	9	13	7	6	0	^*	^*	11	7	^*	34	15	18	^*	5
Cervical	5	^*	^*	0	0	0	^*	^*	0	0	0	^*	0	0	^*	0
Melanoma	22	6	5	^*	^*	0	5	^*	^*	0	0	22	^*	^*	0	^*
Basal cell/Skin	5	0	^*	0	0	0	^*	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Uterine	12	^*	^*	0	^*	0	^*	^*	^*	0	0	11	^*	^*	^*	^*
Colorectal	7	^*	^*	0	^*	0	^*	0	^*	0	0	6	^*	^*	^*	0
Thyroid	8	0	^*	^*	^*	0	0	^*	^*	0	0	8	0	^*	0	0
Ovarian	^*	0	0	0	^*	0	^*	0	0	0	0	^*	^*	0	0	0
Other	7	^*	^*	^*	0	0	5	^*	^*	0	^*	5	^*	^*	0	0
Incipient cancer
		Stage					Grade					Treatment¹
Type of cancer	n	Count	Count	Count	Count	Count	Count	Count	Count	Count	Count	Count	Count	Count	Count	Count
Breast	21	4	^*	^*	^*	0	^*	^*	^*	^*	0	16	7	7	^*	^*
Cervical	24	7	^*	^*	^*	0	^*	^*	0	0	^*	14	^*	^*	^*	^*
Melanoma	34	7	^*	^*	0	0	5	^*	^*	^*	0	29	^*	0	^*	^*
Basal cell/Skin	15	1	^*	^*	^*	0	^*	0	^*	0	0	12	0	^*	^*	^*
Uterine	31	3	^*	^*	0	0	^*	^*	^*	^*	0	21	^*	^*	7	^*
Colorectal	11	3	0	0	^*	0	^*	0	0	0	0	6	^*	0	^*	^*
Thyroid	6	0	^*	^*	0	0	^*	^*	^*	0	0	^*	0	^*	^*	0
Ovarian	6	1	^*	0	^*	0	^*	^*	0	0	0	6	^*	0	0	0
Other	8	2	^*	^*	0	0	^*	^*	0	^*	0	5	^*	^*	^*	0

= fewer than 5.

Questions in which participants could select more than one option.

Other treatments reported by respondents included estrogen blocking, IUD placement with progesterone, cryotherapy, laser removal, LEAP – biologically enhanced particle therapy, immunotherapy, acupuncture, herbs, diet, and energy work.