Occupational Malignant Neoplasm

Preferred Label : Occupational Malignant Neoplasm;

NCIt synonyms : Occupational Cancer;

NCIt definition : Malignant neoplasm secondary to occupational exposure to carcinogens.;

NCIt note : The carcinogens can be of any type: chemicals, electromagnetic fields, UV, viruses, etc. Many of these agents may also be commonly encountered outside the occupational environment (e.g., UV) but in such cases they are not coded in this category; for farmers and sailors, UV is an occupational carcinogen. Epidemiologic studies will usually clearly identify occupational carcinogens but in experimental studies or analyses of carcinogenic mechanisms, a judgment must be made as to whether the primary means of exposure is occupational.;

Neoplastic status : Malignant;

Details

Origin ID

C4993;

UMLS CUI

C1335101;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Occupational Cancer [DeCS]
- occupational neoplasms [CISMeF Querying Strategy]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Occupational Cancer [DeCS]
Semantic type(s)
- Neoplastic Process [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Occupational Cancer [DeCS]
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- Benign Cellular Infiltrate [NCIt concept]
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- Malignant Cell [NCIt concept]
- Neoplastic Cell [NCIt concept]
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- Malignant Cellular Infiltrate [NCIt concept]

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