Publication at First Faculty of Medicine |
2011
Abstract
The authors have undertaken the analysis of all cases of occupational malignant neoplasmas which were reported in the National Register of Occupational Diseases in the Czech Republic. In the years 1991-2009, 1038 occupationally-related tumour diseases have been notified.
The trend was decreasing, males were affected in 95%. The mean age of person at diagnosing malignant neoplasma was 67 years.
The occupational malignant neoplasm of bronchi and lungs prevailed, followed by the diffuse mesothelioma of pleura or peritoneum, neoplasm of urinary bladder and skin. Ionizing radiation dominated as the cause of malignant tumours.