Part 2 Cancers

| | Column 1Disease | Column 2Exposure or occupation | | 1. | Salivary gland cancer | Exposure to ionizing radiation. | | 2. | Nasopharynx cancer | Exposure to formaldehyde or wood dust. | | 3. | Oesophagus cancer | Exposure to ionizing radiation. | | 4. | Stomach cancer | Exposure to ionizing radiation. | | 5. | Colon, or rectum, cancer | Exposure to ionizing radiation. | | 6. | Liver cancer | Exposure to – | | | | (a) hepatitis B or hepatitis C; or | | | | (b) vinyl chloride monomer. | | 7. | Nasal cavity, or paranasal sinuses, cancer | Exposure to ionizing radiation, leather dust, wood dust or nickel. | | 8. | Lung cancer | Exposure to arsenic, asbestos, beryllium, bis(chloromethyl) ether, cadmium, chromium VI, diesel engine exhaust, environmental tobacco smoke, ionizing radiation, nickel, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (including coal gasification, coal tar pitch and coke production), Radon-222 and its decay products, silica dust (crystalline) or soot (chimney sweeping). | | 9. | Bone cancer | Exposure to ionizing radiation. | | 10. | Skin cancer – melanoma | Exposure to solar radiation or polychlorinated biphenyls. | | 11. | Skin cancer – non-melanoma | Exposure to ionizing radiation, solar radiation or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (including topical exposure from coal tar distillation, coal tar pitch, mineral oils whether untreated or mildly treated, shale oils or soot (chimney sweeping)). | | 12. | Breast cancer (female) | Exposure to ionizing radiation. | | 13. | Kidney cancer | Exposure to ionizing radiation or tricholoroethylene. | | 14. | Bladder cancer | Exposure to – | | | | (a) 2-naphthylamine, benzidine, cyclophosphamide, ionizing radiation or ortho-toluidine; or | | | | (b) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons during aluminium production. | | 15. | Brain cancer | Exposure to ionizing radiation. | | 16. | Thyroid cancer | Exposure to ionizing radiation. | | 17. | Leukaemia (other than chronic lymphatic leukaemia) | Exposure to – | | | | (a) benzene, butadiene, cyclophosphamide, formaldehyde or ionizing radiation. | | | | (b) hepatitis C. | | 18. | Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma | Exposure to ionizing radiation. |