occupational/ environmental cancer at the international congress on cancer prevention & early detection: a workshop report

The occupational/environmental cancer workshop was organized as part of the international congress on cancer prevention & early detection in tehran, january 29-30, 2017. there were 42 participants representing professionals from ministry of health, public health sector, medical universities, and research organizations., as well as the young scientists, postdoctoral and phd-students. the participants were intensively engaged in the workshop, the discussions were very active and various proposals were prepared in 4 subgroups dealing with environment, occupational exposures, issues on the use of asbestos and silica, and on the registration and recognition of environment/ work–related cancers.