Hohenadel K, Pichora E, Marrett L, Bukvic D, Brown J, Harris S A, Demers P A, Blair A
Occupational Cancer Research Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Chronic Dis Inj Can. 2011 Sep;31(4):147-51.
Workers are potentially exposed to known and suspected carcinogens in the workplace, many of which have not been fully evaluated. Despite persistent need, research on occupational cancer appears to have declined in recent decades. The formation of the Occupational Cancer Research Centre (OCRC) is an effort to counter this downward trend in Ontario. The OCRC conducted a survey of the broad stakeholder community to learn about priority issues on occupational cancer research.
The OCRC received 177 responses to its survey from academic, health care, policy, industry, and labour-affiliated stakeholders. Responses were analyzed based on workplace exposures, at-risk occupations and cancers by organ system, stratified by respondents' occupational role.
Priority issues identified included workplace exposures such as chemicals, respirable dusts and fibres (e.g. asbestos), radiation (e.g. electromagnetic fields), pesticides, and shift work; and occupations such as miners, construction workers, and health care workers. Insufficient funding and a lack of exposure data were identified as the central barriers to conducting occupational cancer research.
The results of this survey underscore the great need for occupational cancer research in Ontario and beyond. They will be very useful as the OCRC develops its research agenda.
工人在工作场所可能接触到已知和疑似致癌物，其中许多尚未得到充分评估。尽管需求持续存在，但近几十年来职业癌症研究似乎有所减少。职业癌症研究中心（OCRC）的成立旨在扭转安大略省的这一下降趋势。OCRC对广泛的利益相关者群体进行了一项调查，以了解职业癌症研究的优先问题。
OCRC收到了来自学术、医疗保健、政策、行业和劳工附属利益相关者的177份调查问卷回复。根据工作场所暴露、高危职业和按器官系统分类的癌症对回复进行分析，并按受访者的职业角色进行分层。
确定的优先问题包括工作场所暴露，如化学品、可吸入粉尘和纤维（如石棉）、辐射（如电磁场）、农药和轮班工作；以及矿工、建筑工人和医护人员等职业。资金不足和缺乏暴露数据被确定为开展职业癌症研究的主要障碍。
本次调查结果强调了安大略省及其他地区对职业癌症研究的迫切需求。在OCRC制定其研究议程时，这些结果将非常有用。
