Do patterns of past asbestos use and production reflect current geographic variations of cancer risk?: mesothelioma in Ontario and British Columbia, Canada.

Purpose: Canada was a major global asbestos producer and consumer. Geographic patterns of Canadian asbestos use and mesothelioma, a highly fatal cancer linked to asbestos exposure, have not been previously reported. This study summarized key trends in mesothelioma incidence by geography and time in two Canadian provinces, Ontario and British Columbia (BC), and explored how past workforce characteristics and geographic trends in asbestos production and use may shape variations in regional rates of mesothelioma.

Levine Cancer Institute Financial Toxicity Tumor Board: A Potential Solution to an Emerging Problem.

Purpose: Fiscal distress or "financial toxicity," in which patients experience challenges in paying for treatment, are becoming dominant problems for patients with cancer because of burgeoning health care costs and strategies implemented by health insurance payers to reduce their level of expenditure. We report the structure and function of the first Financial Toxicity Tumor Board (FTTB). Modeled on the concept of a conventional multidisciplinary tumor board, FTTB functions as a multidisciplinary conference providing broad problem-solving approaches to financial toxicity.

Incidence of mesothelioma and asbestosis by occupation in a diverse workforce.

Objective: We sought to characterize detailed patterns of mesothelioma and asbestosis incidence in the workforce as part of an occupational disease surveillance program in Ontario, Canada.

Methods: The Occupational Disease Surveillance System (ODSS) cohort was established using workers' compensation claims data and includes 2.18 million workers employed from 1983 to 2014.

Cancer surveillance among workers in plastics and rubber manufacturing in Ontario, Canada.

Objective: Occupational exposure to agents in plastics and rubber manufacturing has been associated with elevated risk of certain cancers. We sought to evaluate cancer risk among workers employed in occupations and industries with these exposures as part of an ongoing surveillance programme in Ontario, Canada.

Methods: The Occupational Disease Surveillance System (ODSS) cohort was established using workers' compensation claims data and includes 2.

An approach to estimating the environmental burden of cancer from known and probable carcinogens: application to Ontario, Canada.

Background: Quantifying the potential cancer cases associated with environmental carcinogen exposure can help inform efforts to improve population health. This study developed an approach to estimate the environmental burden of cancer and applied it to Ontario, Canada. The purpose was to identify environmental carcinogens with the greatest impact on cancer burden to support evidence-based decision making.