Abstract

VICENTE-HERRERO, Mª Teófila; RAMIREZ INIGUEZ DE LA TORRE, Mª Victoria; CAPDEVILA GARCIA, Luisa  and  CALVO CERRADA, Beatriz. Cancer as an occupational disease. Notification and registration. Rev Asoc Esp Espec Med Trab [online]. 2021, vol.30, n.3, pp.272-283.  Epub Dec 20, 2021. ISSN 3020-1160.

Cancer continues to be one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality in the world and also in Spain. Occupational cancer occupies a priority place within public health actions, highlighting the importance of obtaining real data on its incidence and prevalence, based on the current situation characterized by under-reporting.

Royal Decree 1299/2006 approves the table of occupational diseases in the Social Security system and establishes the criteria for their notification and registration. The current Table includes 6 groups of diseases. Cancer is classified into group 6: occupational diseases caused by carcinogenic agents.

In addition to the main list, in Annex I, the Royal Decree includes a complementary list of diseases whose occupational origin is suspected and whose inclusion could be considered in the future.

There are different ways of declaring the suspicion of cancer as an occupational disease, among them the one that can be made by the specialist in Oncology, who transfers his report directly to the competent body of his CCAA to start the recognition process or to the family doctor.

The objective of the investigation of cancer as a suspicion of occupational disease is to detect risks that have not been identified and / or those that are not controlled, correct them and thus avoid other damage to the health of workers.

For this reason, it constitutes a source of information and control over the adjustments of the preventive and / or protection measures adopted in the company for the health care of the people who work in it.

Keywords : cancer; occupational disease; occupational medicine; public health.

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