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Coke oven worker bladder cancer — DOccMed MCQ

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ModerateOccupational DiseaseCoke oven worker bladder cancerDOccMed

A 60-year-old retired coke oven worker presents with haematuria. Investigation reveals bladder cancer. He worked on coke ovens for 20 years. What is the occupational significance?

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Correct answer: B — Coke oven workers have increased risks of lung and bladder cancer from exposure to PAHs, and bladder cancer in coke oven workers is a prescribed disease

Coke oven emissions contain PAHs which are carcinogenic. Bladder and lung cancers are recognised in coke oven workers. This is a prescribed disease under IIDB.

Reference: IIDB Schedule; IARC PAH Monograph