| Disease/Syndrome |
Bone cancer |
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| Category |
Cancer, Occupational |
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| Acute/Chronic |
Chronic |
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| Synonyms |
Bone Neoplasms; Cancer of bone; Bone cancer |
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| Biomedical References |
Search PubMed |
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| Comments |
A sentinel health event (occupational) associated with radium exposure by radium chemists, processors, and dial painters; [Mullan] Documented causes of radiation-induced bone cancer in humans include 226-radium, 228-radium, 224-radium, plutonium, Thorotrast (thorium oxide), and radiotherapy. "Radiation-induced bone cancer appears, it seems, only at very high doses, and it is rarely reported at doses under 5 Gy." [Schottenfeld, p. 946-52] There was strong evidence of work-related bone cancer in radium dial painters and a "meaningful association" in Mayak workers who had very high exposure to plutonium. [Boice, p. 261] |
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| Latency/Incubation |
Years to decades |
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| Diagnostic |
Biopsy |
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| ICD-9 Code |
170 |
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| Reference Link |
Bone & Cartilage Sarcomas : BC Cancer Agency |
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| Related Information in Haz-Map |
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| Agents |
Hazardous agents that cause the occupational disease:
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