They are also more likely to die from heart attacks and strokes, researchers say.
Firefighters are more likely to die from cancer, heart attacks and strokes than the general population, research has found.
It found the number of firefighters who have died from prostate cancer was 3.8 times higher than the general population, 3.2 times higher for leukaemia, and 2.4 times higher for oesophageal cancer. And in instances where cancer with an unknown origin has spread, the rate was 6.4 times higher than the general population.
"This is about firefighters dying who did not need to," he continued. "We cannot lose any more firefighters unnecessarily. The study found firefighters appeared to have higher cancer rates at younger ages and were too young to be offered cancer screening on the NHS.Mr la Torre said: "We know that there are clear ways we can make things better for firefighters. We need health surveillance. We need monitoring of exposures.
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