Occupational cancers are being missed because of flaws in the reporting system, according to a new report. It says a major factor in the near invisibility of occupational cancer is that the related tumours in the great majority of cases only occur after the worker has retired – however, a pilot scheme by France’s health protection agency which started in 2005 is using post-occupational monitoring for employees and self-employed skilled workers.

Risks 287. Numéro thématique – Risques professionnels : quelle veille sanitaire?/ Special issue: Occupational risks: which surveillance?, Number 46-47, BEH, November 2006.