Re: OEM: Occupational cancer

["RICHARD WARNOCK" <warnocrv@songs.sce.com>]

         Dr. Shaham,

         We had an employe at a nuclear power station who developed
         Hodgkin's disease while working as a radiation protection
         technician.  Her radiation exposure was far below permissible
         regulatory limits.  We concluded that she could continue work in
         radiologically controlled areas after her successful treatment for
         the disease.  She returned to her radiation protection technician
         position and remains healthy.  We decided that her right to earn a
         living practicing her profession should not be denied because of an
         illness which was believed unrelated to radiation exposure.

         warnocrv@songs.sce.com




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Please direct/include response to the requestor.

Regards, Jim Muckerheide
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Date: Wed, 08 Nov 1995 12:34:14 +0200 (IST)
 From: Dr Yosi Riback <occup01@post.tau.ac.il>
Subject: OEM: Occupational cancer
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We have a patient who was treated for Hodgkin's disease and now one year 
after treatment with chemotherapy and radiotherapy and remains in 
complete remission. She is applying for a job as a radiology technision. 
We have a few questions. 
1. Can a patient with a cancer without evidence of an exposure to known 
or suspected carcinogens be employed in a job with exposure to known 
carcinogens?, suspected carcinogens?, probable carcinogens?
2. Can a patient with a cancer with evidence of a prior exposure to known 
or suspected carcinogens be employed in a job as in question 1? Also 
please consider if the exposure to to the same or different carcinogens.
3. Can a patient with a cancer be allowed to work with exposure to a 
substance which may cause immune suppression? (lead?, biological engineering 
workers?)
Thank you for your responses,

Judith Shaham MD
Head of the Occupational Cancer Unit
Occupational Health Institute
Raanana, Israel


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