Cancer

Cancer of the Colon submitted by Rowan Merewood — last modified 2006-02-21 15:53

Cancer of the colon is the fourth most common cancer in men, one out of every 48 of whom will develop the disease during their lifetime. Risks increase sharply with increasing age particularly from the age of 45 onwards. Risks are similar for men and women. Small differences in rate exist between different towns in the Trent Health area but without any obvious pattern. There are well-established inherited tendencies to develop cancer of the colon. The tendency to contract cancer of the colon is more strongly inherited for some types than for others.

Work-related Cancer submitted by Rowan Merewood — last modified 2006-02-21 15:53

Over 200,000 people are diagnosed with cancer, and around 120,000 people die from cancer each year. This means that even if the proportion of cases of cancer that can be attributed to work is small (estimates put it at between 2% and 20%), the burden of ill health and death from this cause is amongst the most important effects of work on health.