职业性肿瘤是指接触职业性致癌因素所引起的肿瘤。1775年,英国医生包特首先注意到清扫烟囱的童工容易发生阴囊癌,从而揭示了职业与癌瘤的关系。随着工业的迅速发展,职业性致癌因素急剧增多,因而职业性肿瘤的发生率也不断上升。据世界卫生组织1975年估计,癌症死亡人数的5%左右是 Occupational cancer is the cause of cancer caused by exposure to occupational carcinogens. In 1775, a British doctor, Bentley, first noticed scrotal cancer in child laborers who cleaned the chimney, revealing the relationship between occupation and cancer. With the rapid development of industry, the number of occupational carcinogenic factors has dramatically increased, and the incidence of occupational tumors has also been on the rise. According to the World Health Organization in 1975 estimated that about 5% of cancer deaths are