Scrotum cancer - Scrotum cancer

Japanese: 陰囊癌 - いんのうがん
Scrotum cancer - Scrotum cancer

...Cancer that occurs as a result of carcinogenic factors in the work environment during occupational work is called occupational cancer. The first occupational cancer discovered and described in the world was scrotum cancer caused by soot in chimney sweeps (by British Percival Pott (1775)). In Japan, the first case of lung cancer in gas furnace workers was reported by Kuroda Shizuka and Kawabata Koretatsu (1936).

*Some of the terminology that mentions "cervical cancer" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…職業労働に従事して,その作業環境にある発癌要因によって発生する癌を職業癌という。世界で最初に発見され記載された職業癌は,煙突掃除夫のばい(煤)煙による陰囊癌である(イギリスのポットPercival Pott(1775)による)。日本では黒田静,川畑是辰によるガス炉工の肺癌が最初である(1936)。…

※「陰囊癌」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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