Occupational cancer is defined as a blastomogenic reaction that occurs as a result of a person’s professional activity with regular, usually long-term, contact with certain exogenous chemical and physical agents that act quite intensively.
It has now been established that cancer, or malignant neoplasm, is a disease of the cell's genetic apparatus, characterized by long-term chronic pathological processes, or, more simply, carcinogenesis, which develop in the body over decades.
Tumor development results from the interaction of carcinogenic factors and the body. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 80-90% of cancers are linked to environmental factors. Carcinogens constantly affect the human body throughout life.
Hormones, like carcinogens, affect cells both indirectly and directly, through the body's influence on their genetic machinery. Hormones contribute to a decrease in antitumor immunity, thereby creating favorable conditions for the development of malignant tumors.
Melatonin, a pineal hormone, has powerful antioxidant, immunomodulatory, and detoxifying effects. Research in recent decades has demonstrated that melatonin has numerous oncostatic properties.
