Cancer location | Type of cancer | Occupational risk exposure * | Other exposures to value not included in the Royal Decree |
Digestive | Mesothelioma of the peritoneum | Asbestos main risk factor in 54% - 90% of patients |
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Angiosarcoma of the liver | Arsenic and its compounds; Vinyl chloride monomer | Steroids, hemochromatosis, diethylstilbestrol, phenelzine, urethane, cyclophosphamide, oral contraceptives. Contribute to explain the appearance of no more than 20% of the cases published. In the rest the etiology is still unknown. | |
Respiratory | Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and Lung | Asbestos; Arsenic and its compounds; Beryllium; Bis-(chloromethyl) ether; Cadmium; Vinyl chloride monomer; Chromium VI and chromium VI compounds, Nickel and nickel compounds; Radon; Free Silica Dust | Tobacco use, second-hand smoke-passive smoker and characteristics such as sex, age, and non-metropolitan or metropolitan residence |
Pleural mesothelioma | Asbesto |
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Prostate | Adenocarcinoma | Occupational risks not confirmed | Age, race, and family history |
Hematologic | Lympho and myeloproliferative syndrome | Benzene; Ionizing radiation | Genetic factors. |
Linfoma: | Nitrobenzene | Genetic factors. | |
Bladder and Kidney | Malignant neoplasm of bladder | Aromatic amines; and Amines (primary, secondary, tertiary, heterocyclic) and aromatic hydrazines and their halogen, phenolic, nitrosated, nitrated and sulfonated derivatives | Tobacco use, exposure to certain environmental and occupational chemicals, and genetic factors. |
Otorrino- Laringological | Laryngeal cancer | Asbesto | Smoking and alcohol, coffee and diesel exhaust |
Malignant neoplasm of nasal cavity | Chromium VI and chromium VI compound; Nickel and nickel compounds; Hardwood dust | Consumo de tabaco y exposición a plaguicidas y herbicidas. | |
Primitive cancer of the ethmoid and sinuses of the face | Nickel and nickel compounds; Hydrocyanic acid, cyanides, cyanogen compounds and acrylonitriles | Exposure to wood dust | |
Dermatologic | squamous cell carcinoma of the skin | Arsenic and its compounds; Ionizing radiation | Sun exposure Exposure to metal welding |
Lenticular disc dyskeratosis (Bowen’s disease) | Arsenic and its compounds | Sun exposure | |
Premalignant skin lesions | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), coal distillation products: soot, tar, bitumen, pitch, anthracene, mineral oils, crude paraffin and the compounds, products, residues of these substances and other carcinogenic factors. Coal distillation | Sun exposure |