The European Status Quo in legal recognition and patient‐care services of occupational skin cancer

Abstract

Background Skin cancer is the most common malignancy in Caucasian populations worldwide and ultraviolet radia-

Different outdoor professions have different risks – a cross‐sectional study comparing non‐melanoma skin cancer risk among farmers, gardeners and mountain guides

“…In this study, the overall NMSC prevalence in outdoor workers was higher compared to indoor workers as expected and previously published . The point prevalence of NMSC in police mountain guides in this study (33.3%) is comparable to NMSC rates of 33.9% and 43.5% in state‐certified mountain guides published in 2010 and 2016, respectively.…”

“…Non‐melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is the most common cancer worldwide with a tremendous individual and socio‐economic impact . Solar UV‐radiation (UVR) exposure is the main risk factor for NMSC, which has led to the official recognition of NMSC as occupational disease for outdoor workers in some countries including Australia, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Romania . In Germany, only squamous cell carcinoma and more than five actinic keratoses per year were accepted of the many different subtypes of NMSC as occupational disease .…”

Skin cancer in outdoor workers exposed to solar radiation: a largely underreported occupational disease in Italy

“…Many of the reasons for the gross underreporting of occupational skin cancers may be the same as extensively discussed recently in a large survey regarding the lack of notifications of work‐related contact dermatitis in various south and east European countries, including bureaucratic hurdles, time‐consuming forms, high workloads and no availability of financial incentives for doctors and patients . Furthermore, at least in Italy, as it happens for other occupational diseases, usually the majority of cases are reported by occupational physicians, but skin cancers often appear when persons are in their retirement age, so that they have no access to the workers’ health surveillance performed by these doctors …”

Macular degeneration and occupational risk factors: a systematic review

“…It has to be noted that, as in example, in Europe, according to the Directive 2006/25/EC, for artificial optical radiation exposure specific occupational limits for blue light and UV have to be respected to protect the eye (ICNIRP 2004; Sliney 2002; Sliney et al 2005), as well as for the skin (ICNIRP 2004; Modenese et al 2016b; Ulrich et al 2016). …”