[Bladder cancer and occupation: a descriptive analysis in Haute Normandie in 2003].

Objective: Haute Normandie is characterized by the presence of a large number of industries likely to have exposed their employees to a risk of bladder cancer. The objective of the study performed by Assurance Maladie (national health insurance) and Réseau d'Onco-Urologie de Haute Normandie (ROUHN) (Haute Normandie Urological Oncology Network) was to describe the epidemiological characteristics of bladder cancers and to estimate the proportion of potentially work-related cancers.

Material: A questionnaire elaborated for the study and comprising demographic, clinical, environmental and occupational data was completed for all patients in whom exemption of co-payment for bladder cancer was requested in 2003.