The Italian Monitoring System for Occupational Cancers: Initial Results and Future Developments Paolo Crosignani 1 , Massimo Nesti 2 , Roberto Audisio 3 , Silvio Cavuto 1 , Alessandra Scaburri 1 , Plinio Amendola 4 , Paola Zambon 5 , Giovanni Nedoclan 6 , Fabrizio Stracci 7 , Franco Pannelli 8 , Marina Vercelli 9 , Lucia Miligi 10 and Franco Berrino 1 Short title: Occupational cancer monitoring in Italy. Journal Category: Research article 1 Environmental Epidemiology and Cancer Registry Unit, National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy 2 Occupational Medicine Unit, National Institute for Occupational Health (ISPESL), Rome 3 Occupational Medicine Unit, P.O. Sesto S. Giovanni, A.O. Ospedale Civile di Vimercate. 4 Occupational Cancer Centre, Occupational and Preventive Medicine Dept., University of Pavia and Maugeri Foundation 5 University of Padua, Venetian Cancer Registry 6 UCO Hygiene and Preventive Medicine , University of Trieste 7 Hygiene and Preventive Medicine Institute, University of Perugia 8 Health and Environmental Hygiene Department, University of Camerino 9 DISSAL Health Science Dept., University of Genoa, SSD Descriptive Epidemiology, IST National Cancer Institute, Genoa 10 Unit of Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology, Centre for Study and Prevention of Cancer, Florence Correspondence to: Paolo Crosignani, MD Environmental Epidemiology and Cancer Registry Unit National Cancer Institute Via Venezian 1 20131 Milano, Italy Fax: +39 02 23902762; e-mail: occam@istitutotumori.mi.it Key-words: occupation, surveillance, cancer, record linkage, case-control