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EADO 2022 | The disease burden of occupational skin cancer

Swen Malte John, MD, PhD, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany, discusses the commonality and burden of occupational skin cancer, which generates a significant loss in quality of life. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) are investigating the issue. WHO has recently published diagnostic and exposure criteria, providing additional information on the ILA list of occupational disease including diseases caused by occupational radiation and what makes skin cancer an occupational disease. This interview took place at the EADO 2022 congress.