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Cancer Science & Therapy

ISSN: 1948-5956

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The magnitude of the occupational cancers; what is the best therapy?


4th World Congress on Cancer Science & Therapy

October 20-22, 2014 DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Chicago-North Shore Conference Center, USA

M Aghilinejad

Accepted Abstracts: J Cancer Sci Ther

Abstract :

Nearly 20 percent of all cancers are the result of exposures at work. Among hundreds of thousands of chemicals that are used in workplaces worldwide, unfortunately 96% of them haven?t been thoroughly tested for health risks. Tens of thousands of workers generally have to die before scientific studies identify a workplace cancer problem. That means there is an expanded field to research on occupational cancers or carcinogens in collaboration with other groups. In an Iranian national report by ministry of health, skin cancers are the most common occupational cancers & occupational & environmental carcinogens are responsible for about 152000 deaths in a year. Our Strategy for occupational cancer therapy has made a public stand in favor of Primary Prevention. These strategies include: Improved surveillance program; community & worker education and action; industry reductions in carcinogen use; better information disclosure and labeling; and government intervention in the form of new regulations and policy. If all carcinogen use in the workplace stopped today, there would still be a working generation and hundreds of thousands of retired workers that have already faced some level of risk. For this reason, we are also arguing for more effective recording of exposures, better recognition & therapy of the link between work and health. So we also need secondary and tertiary prevention.

Biography :

M Aghilinejad is Associate Professor & has studied Occupational Medicine for 16+ years, during which time he has authored 5 books & published more than 30 articles in internal & external journals. He has served on the editorial boards for the Occupational Medicine, Journal of Occupational Health, and the Journal of medical science (Razi). He is Senior Editor for Tanaffos. He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Committees for the Occupational Medicine and the Occupational Medicine Scientific Society, and has served on review committees for the Ergonomic.

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