Table 2.

Selected excess risks of occupational exposures for rare cancers observed in the European Rare Cancer Study

References	Cancer site	Type of con-trols	Number of exposed		Number of unexposed		ORa	95% CI
			Cases	Con-trols	Cases	Con-trols
[15]	Male biliary tract carcinoma
	All endocrine disrupting compounds	P	41	477	37	716	1.7	1.1–2.8
	Oils with PCB	P	8	51	115	1820	3.2	1.4–7.4
[17]	Male breast cancer
	Health care and social work	P	8	93	96	1808	2.3	1.1–5.1
	Forestry and logging	P	7	39	97	1862	2.4	1.0–5.6
	Wood preparation and paper makers	P	5	26	99	1875	2.4	0.9–6.5
	Motor vehicle mechanics	P	9	74	95	1827	2.1	1.0–4.4
	Painters	P	7	54	97	1847	2.3	1.0–5.2
	Alkylphenolic compounds, high	P	7	26	97	1875	3.3	1.1–9.9
[18]	Trichloroethylene, high	P + C	29	307	75	1594	1.9	1.1–3.3
[20]	Small intestine adenocarcinoma
	Men: Manufacture of motor vehicles	P + C	4	57	40	1755	3.9	1.3–11.9
	Men: Building caretaker	P + C	4	28	40	1784	5.7	1.8–18.3
	Women: Mixed farming	P + C	7	42	28	795	3.2	1.3–8.3
	Women: Manufacture of work wear and clothes	P + C	8	68	27	769	3.5	1.5–8.3
	Women: Restaurant	P + C	6	46	29	791	2.8	1.1–7.6
	Women: Dry cleaner/launderer	P + C	4	31	31	806	3.8	1.2–12.6
	Women: General farm laborer	P + C	7	35	28	802	4.6	1.8–12.0
[21]	Small intestine carcinoid
	Men: Manufacture of bodies for motor vehicles	P	3	11	48	1436	5.1	1.2–22.1
	Men: Structural metal preparer/erector	P	3	46	48	1401	4.3	1.2–15.9
	Men: Other construction workers	P	5	76	46	1371	3.1	1.1–8.6
	Women: Wholesale, food and beverages	P	3	13	30	610	8.2	1.9–34.9
[13]	Bone sarcoma
	Blacksmith, toolmaker, machine-tool operator	P + C	11	199	85	2433	2.14	1.08–4.26
	Bricklayer, carpenter, other construction	P + C	14	215	82	2417	2.93	1.55–5.53
	Of whom: carpenter, joiner, parquetry	P + C	6	61	90	2571	4.25	1.71–10.5
	Manufacture of wood, wood and cork products, straw and plaiting industry	P + C	9	88	87	2544	3.58	1.70–7.56
[12]	Uveal melanoma
	Cook	P	18	62	274	2000	2.40	1.35–4.28
	Welders and sheet metal workers	P	16	86	276	1976	1.95	1.08–3.52
	Service workers NOS	P	66	395	226	1667	1.43	1.02–2.00
	Launderers, dry-cleaners and pressers	P	10	23	282	2039	3.14	1.44–6.86

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; P: population control; C: colon cancer control; PCB: polychlorinated biphenyls; NOS: not otherwise specified

^aOriginally reported ORs with one or two digits, respectively, have been used