The rate of cancers in firefighters compared to the general public
■ Testicular cancer (2.02 times greater risk) ■ Multiple myeloma (1.53 times greater risk) ■ Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (1.51 times greater risk) ■ Skin cancer (1.39 times greater risk) ■ Prostate cancer (1.28 times greater risk) ■ Malignant melanoma (1.31 times greater risk) ■ Brain cancer (1.31 times greater risk) ■ Colon cancer (1.21 times greater risk) ■ Leukemia (1.14 times greater risk) ■ Breast cancer in women (preliminary study results from the San Francisco Fire Department)