The epidemiology of mesothelioma

Britton, Mark

doi:10.1053/sonc.2002.30237

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“…The latter group showed a considerable increase in mesothelioma risk, while no cases of mesothelioma were found among the board production workers. Mesothelioma has mainly been associated with exposure to amphiboles (22). No amphiboles were added to the Lithuanian asbestos-cement production; however, our study is noninformative concerning asbestos exposure and mesothelioma risk, with one observed case and 0.3 expected.…”

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Cancer mortality and morbidity among Lithuanian asbestos-cement producing workers

Smailytė¹,

Kurtinaitis²,

Andersen³

2004

Scand J Work Environ Health

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Cancer mortality and morbidity among Lithuanian asbestos-cement producing workers

Smailytė¹,

Kurtinaitis²,

Andersen³

2004

Scand J Work Environ Health

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“…[4] However few cases with tumors originating from tunica vaginalis, testicles and ovarian epithelium have also been described in the literature. [5,6] Since respiratory exposure to asbestos which plays a pivotal role in the etiology pleura is the most commonly (90%) encountered location.…”

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“…[5,6] Since respiratory exposure to asbestos which plays a pivotal role in the etiology pleura is the most commonly (90%) encountered location. [4,7,8] In a number of series published, exposure to asbestos has been reported in 50-80% of cases with malignant pleural mesothelioma. In our study, six (11.3%) patients declared exposure to asbestos by anamnesis.…”

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Clinicopathological and Survival Characteristics of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: A Single-Institutional Experience

Gul¹

2017

TJ Oncol

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OBJECTIVEA single-institution study of 7 years of experience was performed to investigate the clinicopathological and therapeutic characteristics of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) patients who received multimodality treatment, as well as factors affecting survival. METHODSA retrospective review of a consecutive cohort of pathologically confirmed MPM patients who were referred to our radiation oncology clinic and received multimodality treatment strategy that included surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy at our training and research hospital between 2001 and 2008 was performed. RESULTSA total of 53 patients were included in the study. Median age was 58 years (range: 33-79 years). Mean duration of follow-up was 14 months (range: 4-82 months). Disease-free status and overall survival were 11 months (range: 3-50 months) and 14 months (range: 4-82 months), respectively. Factors that individually predicted better prognosis were younger age (<50 years), having undergone surgery, having received radiotherapy, and having undergone multimodality treatment. CONCLUSIONFurther comprehensive and randomized studies are required to better understand biological behavior of MPM in order to obtain more successful results in the management of the disease.

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“…Mesotheliomas predominantly occur in males and in the pleura (Britton, 2002). The vast majority are caused by occupational exposure to asbestos (Peto et al, 1999).…”

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Factors affecting the mesothelioma detection rate within national and international epidemiological studies: insights from Scottish linked cancer registry-mortality data

2006

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ICD-9 code 163 (malignant neoplasm of pleura) listed as underlying cause of death detected only 40% of Scottish mesothelioma cases (all body sites) from the cancer registry in 1981 -1999. This is lower than both the previously published 55% figure, derived from UK mesothelioma register data 1986 -1991, which is based on any mention of mesothelioma on death certificates, crossreferenced to cancer registry data, and the 44% figure derived from Scottish mortality data 1981 -1999, which captured any mention of mesothelioma on the death certificate. Detection from cancer registry data increased to 75% under ICD-10 in Scotland, confirming earlier predictions of the benefit of ICD-10's more specific mesothelioma codes. Including the accidental poisoning codes E866.4 (ICD-9) and X49 (ICD-10), covering poisoning by 'unspecified' and 'other' causes, which appear to have been used as coding surrogates for mesothelioma when asbestos exposure was explicitly mentioned in deaths suggestive of a mesothelioma, and which are recorded as the underlying cause of death in 4 -7% of mesotheliomas, may improve the mesothelioma detection rate in future epidemiological studies.

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The epidemiology of mesothelioma

Cited by 163 publications

References 39 publications

Cancer mortality and morbidity among Lithuanian asbestos-cement producing workers

Cancer mortality and morbidity among Lithuanian asbestos-cement producing workers

Clinicopathological and Survival Characteristics of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: A Single-Institutional Experience

Factors affecting the mesothelioma detection rate within national and international epidemiological studies: insights from Scottish linked cancer registry-mortality data

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