Occupational/ Environmental Cancer at the International Congress on Cancer prevention Early Detection: A Workshop Report

The Occupational/Environmental Cancer Workshop was organized as part of the International Congress on Cancer Prevention Early Detection in Tehran, January 29-30, 2017. There were 42 participants representing professionals from ministry of health, public health sector, medical universities, and research organizations., as well as the young scientists, postdoctoral and PhD-students. The participants were intensively engaged in the workshop, the discussions were very active and various proposals were prepared in 4 subgroups dealing with environment, occupational exposures, issues on the use of asbestos and silica, and on the registration and recognition of environment/ work–related cancers.