REDUCING THE OCCUPATIONAL CANCER BURDEN

摘要

Occupational cancers currently account for more than 8,000 deaths (80% are male) and more than 13,500 new cancer registrations every year in the UK. Work exposures account for 5.3% of all cancers. But is it possible to predict the future work-related cancer burden, and intervene to reduce future risk? Dr Lesley Rushton, reader in occupational health at Imperial College, London, believes it is.