Historical Overview of Occupational Cancer Research.- Genetics and Gene-Environment Interactions.- Mechanisms of Environmental and Occupational Carcinogenesis.- Cancer of the Oral Cavity, Pharynx and Nasopharynx.- Pancreatic Cancer.- Cancers of the Intestine, Liver and Biliary Tract.- Sinonasal Cancer.- Laryngeal Cancer.- Lung cancer (exposure assessment, pathology, epidemiology).- Lung Cancer: Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis.- Lung Cancer: Genetic Susceptibility.- Lung Cancer: Molecular Markers.- Malignant Mesothelioma: Epidemiology.- Malignant Mesothelioma: Clinical and Imaging Findings.- Malignant Mesothelioma: Asbestos Exposure.- Malignant Mesothelioma: Pathology.- Malignant Mesothelioma: Mechanism of Carcinogenesis.- Malignant Mesothelioma: Genetic Susceptibility.- Malignant Mesothelioma: Molecular Markers.- Neoplasm of Soft Tissues.- Malignant Neoplasms of the Skin.- Breast Cancer.- Malignant Tumors of the Female Reproductive System.- Malignant Tumors of the Male Reproductive System.- Kidney Cancer.- Bladder Cancer.- Malignant Tumors of the Central Nervous System.- Lymphohematopoietic Malignancies.- Occupational Cancer Burden.- Occupational Carcinogens and Cancer in Children.- Strategies for Primary Prevention of Occupational Cancer.- Screening for Occupational Cancer.- Role of Registers in Occupational Cancer Control.- Appendix I Questionnaire on Exposure to Asbestos.
About the Author: Paolo Boffetta, MD, MPH
Bluhdorn Professor of International Community Medicine
Director, Institute for Translational Epidemiology
Associate Director for Population Sciences, Tisch Cancer Institute
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
One Gustave L. Levy Place
New York, NY, USA
Sisko Anttila MD, PhD
Helsinki University Central Hospital, Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa, Laboratory Services, HUSLAB, and
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland.