Occupational causes of cancer



Target Organ
Agent
Industries
Tumor type
Pleura
Asbestos
-
Masothelioma
Esophagus
Tobacco smoke, alcoholic beverages
-
Squmaous cell carcinoma
Lung





Tobacco smoke, arsenic, asbestos, crystalline silica, benzo(a)pyrene, beryllium, bis(chloro)methyl ether, 1,3-butadiene, chromium 4 compound, cola tarand pitch, nickel compound, soots, mustard gas 
Aluminum production, coal gasification, coke production, hematite mining, painters
Squamous, large cell, and small cell cancer and adino carcinoma
Oral cavity
Tobacco smoke, alcoholic beverages
Boot and shoe production, furniture manufacturer, isopropyl alcohol production
Squmous cell cancer
Gastric
Smoked, salted and pickled foods
Rubber industry
Adenocarcinoma
Colon
Heterocyclic amines, asbestos
Pattern makers
Adenocarcinoma,
Liver
Aflatoxin, vinyl chloride, tobacco smoke, alcoholic beverages
-
Hepatocellular     carcinoma, heamangiosarcoma
Kidney
Tobacco smoke
-
Renal cell cancer
Prostate
Cadmium
-
Adenocarcinoma
Skin
Arsenic, benzo(a)pyrene, coal tar and pitch, mineral oils, soots
Coal gasification,coke production
Squmaous cell carcinoma, basal cell cancer
Bone marrow
Tobaccosmoke, benzene,ethylene oxide,antineoplastic agent
Rubber workers
Leukemia