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[4 cases of occupational lung cancer caused by chloromethyl ether and dichloromethyl ether in a chemical enterprise]
Abstract:
Chloromethyl ether and diclomethyl ether are statutory substances that cause occupational lung cancer. From 2021 to 2022, the Department of Occupational Diseases of the Eighth People's Hospital of Hebei Province successively received 4 cases of lung cancer from a chemical company that required occupational disease diagnosis. All four patients had a clear occupational history of chloromethyl ether and diclomethyl ether for more than 1 year, diagnosis of primary small cell lung cancer supported by relevant histopathology, immunohistochemistry, and tumor markers. All the 4 patients were diagnosed as occupational lung cancer (chloromethyl ether, diclomethyl ether) .
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