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Occupational Malignant Neoplasm

MedGen UID:
277445
•Concept ID:
C1335101
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonym: Occupational Cancer

Definition

Malignant neoplasm secondary to occupational exposure to carcinogens. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Clinical practice guideline and expert consensus recommendations for rehabilitation among children with cancer: A systematic review.
L'Hotta AJ, Randolph SB, Reader B, Lipsey K, King AA
CA Cancer J Clin 2023 Sep-Oct;73(5):524-545. Epub 2023 May 9 doi: 10.3322/caac.21783. PMID: 37158423Free PMC Article
Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema: Risk Factors, Screening, Management, and the Impact of Locoregional Treatment.
McLaughlin SA, Brunelle CL, Taghian A
J Clin Oncol 2020 Jul 10;38(20):2341-2350. Epub 2020 May 22 doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.02896. PMID: 32442064Free PMC Article
Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Cancer in Men.
Zehr KR
Radiol Technol 2019 Sep;91(1):51M-61M. PMID: 31471487

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Occupational Etiology of Oropharyngeal Cancer: A Literature Review.
Nikkilä R, Tolonen S, Salo T, Carpén T, Pukkala E, Mäkitie A
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2023 Nov 3;20(21) doi: 10.3390/ijerph20217020. PMID: 37947576Free PMC Article
Occupational environment and ovarian cancer risk.
Leung L, Lavoué J, Siemiatycki J, Guénel P, Koushik A
Occup Environ Med 2023 Sep;80(9):489-497. Epub 2023 Jul 10 doi: 10.1136/oemed-2022-108557. PMID: 37429725
Occupation and cancer of the larynx: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Bayer O, Cámara R, Zeissig SR, Ressing M, Dietz A, Locati LD, Ramroth H, Singer S
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2016 Jan;273(1):9-20. Epub 2014 Oct 14 doi: 10.1007/s00405-014-3321-y. PMID: 25311307
Occupation and thyroid cancer.
Aschebrook-Kilfoy B, Ward MH, Della Valle CT, Friesen MC
Occup Environ Med 2014 May;71(5):366-80. Epub 2014 Mar 6 doi: 10.1136/oemed-2013-101929. PMID: 24604144Free PMC Article
Occupation and gastric cancer.
Raj A, Mayberry JF, Podas T
Postgrad Med J 2003 May;79(931):252-8. doi: 10.1136/pmj.79.931.252. PMID: 12782770Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Risk factors for lung cancer worldwide.
Malhotra J, Malvezzi M, Negri E, La Vecchia C, Boffetta P
Eur Respir J 2016 Sep;48(3):889-902. Epub 2016 May 12 doi: 10.1183/13993003.00359-2016. PMID: 27174888
Epidemiology of basal cell carcinoma.
Chinem VP, Miot HA
An Bras Dermatol 2011 Mar-Apr;86(2):292-305. doi: 10.1590/s0365-05962011000200013. PMID: 21603813
Inverted papilloma.
Weissler MC, Montgomery WW, Turner PA, Montgomery SK, Joseph MP
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1986 May-Jun;95(3 Pt 1):215-21. doi: 10.1177/000348948609500301. PMID: 3717844
Diffuse malignant mesothelioma: a review.
Rom WN, Lockey JE
West J Med 1982 Dec;137(6):548-54. PMID: 6761970Free PMC Article
Laryngocoele.
Stell PM, Maran AG
J Laryngol Otol 1975 Sep;89(9):915-24. doi: 10.1017/s0022215100081196. PMID: 1176826

Therapy

Occupational Etiology of Oropharyngeal Cancer: A Literature Review.
Nikkilä R, Tolonen S, Salo T, Carpén T, Pukkala E, Mäkitie A
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2023 Nov 3;20(21) doi: 10.3390/ijerph20217020. PMID: 37947576Free PMC Article
Occupational environment and ovarian cancer risk.
Leung L, Lavoué J, Siemiatycki J, Guénel P, Koushik A
Occup Environ Med 2023 Sep;80(9):489-497. Epub 2023 Jul 10 doi: 10.1136/oemed-2022-108557. PMID: 37429725
Occupation and cancer of the larynx: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Bayer O, Cámara R, Zeissig SR, Ressing M, Dietz A, Locati LD, Ramroth H, Singer S
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2016 Jan;273(1):9-20. Epub 2014 Oct 14 doi: 10.1007/s00405-014-3321-y. PMID: 25311307
Occupation and thyroid cancer.
Aschebrook-Kilfoy B, Ward MH, Della Valle CT, Friesen MC
Occup Environ Med 2014 May;71(5):366-80. Epub 2014 Mar 6 doi: 10.1136/oemed-2013-101929. PMID: 24604144Free PMC Article
Malignant mesothelioma 2008.
Zervos MD, Bizekis C, Pass HI
Curr Opin Pulm Med 2008 Jul;14(4):303-9. doi: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e328302851d. PMID: 18520263

Prognosis

Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Firefighters: A State-of-the-Art Review and Meta-َAnalysis.
Soteriades ES, Kim J, Christophi CA, Kales SN
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2019 Nov 1;20(11):3221-3231. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2019.20.11.3221. PMID: 31759344Free PMC Article
The fraction of cancer attributable to modifiable risk factors in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the United Kingdom in 2015.
Brown KF, Rumgay H, Dunlop C, Ryan M, Quartly F, Cox A, Deas A, Elliss-Brookes L, Gavin A, Hounsome L, Huws D, Ormiston-Smith N, Shelton J, White C, Parkin DM
Br J Cancer 2018 Apr;118(8):1130-1141. Epub 2018 Mar 23 doi: 10.1038/s41416-018-0029-6. PMID: 29567982Free PMC Article
Epidemiology of gynecologic cancers in China.
Jiang X, Tang H, Chen T
J Gynecol Oncol 2018 Jan;29(1):e7. doi: 10.3802/jgo.2018.29.e7. PMID: 29185265Free PMC Article
Risk factors for lung cancer worldwide.
Malhotra J, Malvezzi M, Negri E, La Vecchia C, Boffetta P
Eur Respir J 2016 Sep;48(3):889-902. Epub 2016 May 12 doi: 10.1183/13993003.00359-2016. PMID: 27174888
Pesticides and cancer.
Zahm SH, Ward MH, Blair A
Occup Med 1997 Apr-Jun;12(2):269-89. PMID: 9220486

Clinical prediction guides

Occupational environment and ovarian cancer risk.
Leung L, Lavoué J, Siemiatycki J, Guénel P, Koushik A
Occup Environ Med 2023 Sep;80(9):489-497. Epub 2023 Jul 10 doi: 10.1136/oemed-2022-108557. PMID: 37429725
Cholangiocarcinoma Attributed to Occupation: A Systematic Reviews.
Seeherunwong A, Chaiear N, Khuntikeo N, Ekpanyaskul C
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2022 Jun 1;23(6):1837-1845. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2022.23.6.1837. PMID: 35763622Free PMC Article
Occupation and cancer of the larynx: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Bayer O, Cámara R, Zeissig SR, Ressing M, Dietz A, Locati LD, Ramroth H, Singer S
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2016 Jan;273(1):9-20. Epub 2014 Oct 14 doi: 10.1007/s00405-014-3321-y. PMID: 25311307
Occupational asphalt is not associated with head and neck cancer.
Fogleman EV, Eliot M, Michaud DS, Nelson HH, McClean MD, Langevin SM, Kelsey KT
Occup Med (Lond) 2015 Oct;65(7):570-3. Epub 2015 Aug 13 doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqv102. PMID: 26272381Free PMC Article
Occupation and thyroid cancer.
Aschebrook-Kilfoy B, Ward MH, Della Valle CT, Friesen MC
Occup Environ Med 2014 May;71(5):366-80. Epub 2014 Mar 6 doi: 10.1136/oemed-2013-101929. PMID: 24604144Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

2022 Update on Prostate Cancer Epidemiology and Risk Factors-A Systematic Review.
Bergengren O, Pekala KR, Matsoukas K, Fainberg J, Mungovan SF, Bratt O, Bray F, Brawley O, Luckenbaugh AN, Mucci L, Morgan TM, Carlsson SV
Eur Urol 2023 Aug;84(2):191-206. Epub 2023 May 16 doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2023.04.021. PMID: 37202314Free PMC Article
Epidemiology of Bladder Cancer in 2023: A Systematic Review of Risk Factors.
Jubber I, Ong S, Bukavina L, Black PC, Compérat E, Kamat AM, Kiemeney L, Lawrentschuk N, Lerner SP, Meeks JJ, Moch H, Necchi A, Panebianco V, Sridhar SS, Znaor A, Catto JWF, Cumberbatch MG
Eur Urol 2023 Aug;84(2):176-190. Epub 2023 May 16 doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2023.03.029. PMID: 37198015
Impact of physical exercise in advanced-stage cancer patients: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
Rodríguez-Cañamero S, Cobo-Cuenca AI, Carmona-Torres JM, Pozuelo-Carrascosa DP, Santacruz-Salas E, Rabanales-Sotos JA, Cuesta-Mateos T, Laredo-Aguilera JA
Cancer Med 2022 Oct;11(19):3714-3727. Epub 2022 Apr 11 doi: 10.1002/cam4.4746. PMID: 35411694Free PMC Article
Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups From 2010 to 2019: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.
Global Burden of Disease 2019 Cancer Collaboration, Kocarnik JM, Compton K, Dean FE, Fu W, Gaw BL, Harvey JD, Henrikson HJ, Lu D, Pennini A, Xu R, Ababneh E, Abbasi-Kangevari M, Abbastabar H, Abd-Elsalam SM, Abdoli A, Abedi A, Abidi H, Abolhassani H, Adedeji IA, Adnani QES, Advani SM, Afzal MS, Aghaali M, Ahinkorah BO, Ahmad S, Ahmad T, Ahmadi A, Ahmadi S, Ahmed Rashid T, Ahmed Salih Y, Akalu GT, Aklilu A, Akram T, Akunna CJ, Al Hamad H, Alahdab F, Al-Aly Z, Ali S, Alimohamadi Y, Alipour V, Aljunid SM, Alkhayyat M, Almasi-Hashiani A, Almasri NA, Al-Maweri SAA, Almustanyir S, Alonso N, Alvis-Guzman N, Amu H, Anbesu EW, Ancuceanu R, Ansari F, Ansari-Moghaddam A, Antwi MH, Anvari D, Anyasodor AE, Aqeel M, Arabloo J, Arab-Zozani M, Aremu O, Ariffin H, Aripov T, Arshad M, Artaman A, Arulappan J, Asemi Z, Asghari Jafarabadi M, Ashraf T, Atorkey P, Aujayeb A, Ausloos M, Awedew AF, Ayala Quintanilla BP, Ayenew T, Azab MA, Azadnajafabad S, Azari Jafari A, Azarian G, Azzam AY, Badiye AD, Bahadory S, Baig AA, Baker JL, Balakrishnan S, Banach M, Bärnighausen TW, Barone-Adesi F, Barra F, Barrow A, Behzadifar M, Belgaumi UI, Bezabhe WMM, Bezabih YM, Bhagat DS, Bhagavathula AS, Bhardwaj N, Bhardwaj P, Bhaskar S, Bhattacharyya K, Bhojaraja VS, Bibi S, Bijani A, Biondi A, Bisignano C, Bjørge T, Bleyer A, Blyuss O, Bolarinwa OA, Bolla SR, Braithwaite D, Brar A, Brenner H, Bustamante-Teixeira MT, Butt NS, Butt ZA, Caetano Dos Santos FL, Cao Y, Carreras G, Catalá-López F, Cembranel F, Cerin E, Cernigliaro A, Chakinala RC, Chattu SK, Chattu VK, Chaturvedi P, Chimed-Ochir O, Cho DY, Christopher DJ, Chu DT, Chung MT, Conde J, Cortés S, Cortesi PA, Costa VM, Cunha AR, Dadras O, Dagnew AB, Dahlawi SMA, Dai X, Dandona L, Dandona R, Darwesh AM, das Neves J, De la Hoz FP, Demis AB, Denova-Gutiérrez E, Dhamnetiya D, Dhimal ML, Dhimal M, Dianatinasab M, Diaz D, Djalalinia S, Do HP, Doaei S, Dorostkar F, Dos Santos Figueiredo FW, Driscoll TR, Ebrahimi H, Eftekharzadeh S, El Tantawi M, El-Abid H, Elbarazi I, Elhabashy HR, Elhadi M, El-Jaafary SI, Eshrati B, Eskandarieh S, Esmaeilzadeh F, Etemadi A, Ezzikouri S, Faisaluddin M, Faraon EJA, Fares J, Farzadfar F, Feroze AH, Ferrero S, Ferro Desideri L, Filip I, Fischer F, Fisher JL, Foroutan M, Fukumoto T, Gaal PA, Gad MM, Gadanya MA, Gallus S, Gaspar Fonseca M, Getachew Obsa A, Ghafourifard M, Ghashghaee A, Ghith N, Gholamalizadeh M, Gilani SA, Ginindza TG, Gizaw ATT, Glasbey JC, Golechha M, Goleij P, Gomez RS, Gopalani SV, Gorini G, Goudarzi H, Grosso G, Gubari MIM, Guerra MR, Guha A, Gunasekera DS, Gupta B, Gupta VB, Gupta VK, Gutiérrez RA, Hafezi-Nejad N, Haider MR, Haj-Mirzaian A, Halwani R, Hamadeh RR, Hameed S, Hamidi S, Hanif A, Haque S, Harlianto NI, Haro JM, Hasaballah AI, Hassanipour S, Hay RJ, Hay SI, Hayat K, Heidari G, Heidari M, Herrera-Serna BY, Herteliu C, Hezam K, Holla R, Hossain MM, Hossain MBH, Hosseini MS, Hosseini M, Hosseinzadeh M, Hostiuc M, Hostiuc S, Househ M, Hsairi M, Huang J, Hugo FN, Hussain R, Hussein NR, Hwang BF, Iavicoli I, Ibitoye SE, Ida F, Ikuta KS, Ilesanmi OS, Ilic IM, Ilic MD, Irham LM, Islam JY, Islam RM, Islam SMS, Ismail NE, Isola G, Iwagami M, Jacob L, Jain V, Jakovljevic MB, Javaheri T, Jayaram S, Jazayeri SB, Jha RP, Jonas JB, Joo T, Joseph N, Joukar F, Jürisson M, Kabir A, Kahrizi D, Kalankesh LR, Kalhor R, Kaliyadan F, Kalkonde Y, Kamath A, Kameran Al-Salihi N, Kandel H, Kapoor N, Karch A, Kasa AS, Katikireddi SV, Kauppila JH, Kavetskyy T, Kebede SA, Keshavarz P, Keykhaei M, Khader YS, Khalilov R, Khan G, Khan M, Khan MN, Khan MAB, Khang YH, Khater AM, Khayamzadeh M, Kim GR, Kim YJ, Kisa A, Kisa S, Kissimova-Skarbek K, Kopec JA, Koteeswaran R, Koul PA, Koulmane Laxminarayana SL, Koyanagi A, Kucuk Bicer B, Kugbey N, Kumar GA, Kumar N, Kumar N, Kurmi OP, Kutluk T, La Vecchia C, Lami FH, Landires I, Lauriola P, Lee SW, Lee SWH, Lee WC, Lee YH, Leigh J, Leong E, Li J, Li MC, Liu X, Loureiro JA, Lunevicius R, Magdy Abd El Razek M, Majeed A, Makki A, Male S, Malik AA, Mansournia MA, Martini S, Masoumi SZ, Mathur P, McKee M, Mehrotra R, Mendoza W, Menezes RG, Mengesha EW, Mesregah MK, Mestrovic T, Miao Jonasson J, Miazgowski B, Miazgowski T, Michalek IM, Miller TR, Mirzaei H, Mirzaei HR, Misra S, Mithra P, Moghadaszadeh M, Mohammad KA, Mohammad Y, Mohammadi M, Mohammadi SM, Mohammadian-Hafshejani A, Mohammed S, Moka N, Mokdad AH, Molokhia M, Monasta L, Moni MA, Moosavi MA, Moradi Y, Moraga P, Morgado-da-Costa J, Morrison SD, Mosapour A, Mubarik S, Mwanri L, Nagarajan AJ, Nagaraju SP, Nagata C, Naimzada MD, Nangia V, Naqvi AA, Narasimha Swamy S, Ndejjo R, Nduaguba SO, Negoi I, Negru SM, Neupane Kandel S, Nguyen CT, Nguyen HLT, Niazi RK, Nnaji CA, Noor NM, Nuñez-Samudio V, Nzoputam CI, Oancea B, Ochir C, Odukoya OO, Ogbo FA, Olagunju AT, Olakunde BO, Omar E, Omar Bali A, Omonisi AEE, Ong S, Onwujekwe OE, Orru H, Ortega-Altamirano DV, Otstavnov N, Otstavnov SS, Owolabi MO, P A M, Padubidri JR, Pakshir K, Pana A, Panagiotakos D, 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