Exposure to dioxin, a cancer-causing agent, does not appear to raise the risk of an uncommon cancer called soft-tissue sarcoma, new research shows. Previous small studies investigating the link between dioxin exposure and soft-tissue sarcoma have yielded conflicting results, the authors explain, so there remains a need to assess exposure in studying the potential cancer risk of dioxins. Dr. Jouni T. Tuomisto from National Public Health Institute, Kuopio, Finland and colleagues measured dioxin levels in fat samples from 110 soft-tissue sarcoma patients and 227 similar patients without sarcoma. The results are reported in the International Journal of Cancer.
