Active research, registration, and prevention of tumors of professional origin
Binazzi, A.; Scarselli, A.; Massari, S.; Bonafede, M.; Corfiati, M.; Di Marzio, D.; Iavicoli, S.; Marinaccio, A.
Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro Ed Ergonomia 36(4): 360-364
2014
ISSN/ISBN: 1592-7830 PMID: 25558735 Document Number: 672940
Occupational cancer is an important public health concern in Italy and in many industrialized countries. The difficulties in monitoring and the complexity in retrieving occupational cancer cases have required the enrolment of a national epidemiologic sureveillance system at national scale with active search methods. A structured system for the registration of occupational cancer cases is normed by the Decree No. 81/2008, that accounts for the previous legislative procedures and experiences. Research activities and prevention of occupational cancer should be integrated with insurance policies to the purpose of an efficient protection of workers health.