Lung cancer associated with asbestos exposure when there are no small opacities on the chest radiograph. Lancet 1995; 345:1074-78 .Is lung cancer associated with asbestos exposure when there are no small opacities on the chest radiograph? Lancet - Wilkinson, Hansell, et al. - 1995...
It is often claimed that adenocarcinoma is the most frequent type of lung cancer seen in workers exposed to asbestos. Careful review of the published data, however, fails to support this claim. Rather, it seems that all types of lung cancers occur in asbestos workers, and the presence or ab...
Asbestos lung cancer is alung disease directly caused by exposure to asbestos,a deadly mineral used in a variety of products from the 1930s to the early 1980s before the health risks were made public. People with this disease may have been exposed to asbestos in a variety ways, such as at...
One major question is whether lung cancer can be attributed to asbestos exposure in the absence of asbestosis. This review attempts to place the debate in the proper context for establishing causation. Relevant epidemiologic and pathologic studies are analyzed, as well as the scientific basis fo...
Smoking, asbestos exposure ups lung cancer death risk: study.The article focuses on a study from the American Thoracic Society which states that the risk of developing lung cancer is increased more when workers smoke and are exposed to asbestos or have asbestosis....
The quantitative risks of mesothelioma and lung cancer in relation to asbestos exposure doi:10.1016/S0003-4878(01)00029-1LETTERS to the editorMESOTHELIOMAA letter to the editor is presented in response to the article on the treatment of chrysotile and mesothelioma due to asbest...
The study was designed to test the hypothesis that the risk of lung cancer from asbestos exposure is confined to persons with radiographic evidence of pulmonary fibrosis. Occupational and smoking histories were obtained from 271 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of primary lung cancer and 678 refere...
to as much as 50 times. Another cancer known asmesothelioma(a type of cancer of the inner lining of the chest cavity and the outer lining of the lung called the pleura, or of the lining of the abdominal cavity called the peritoneum) is also strongly associated with exposure to asbestos. ...
and are more numerous than deaths due to breast, prostate, andcolon cancerscombined. In terms of overall causes of death in men, lung cancer is the second most common cause of death, after vascular disease, with deaths due to heart attacks and stroke. The overall 5-year lung cancersurvival...
Lung cancer causes: Asbestos fibers and Radon gas Exposure to asbestos fibers Asbestos fibers are silicate fibers that can persist for a lifetime in lung tissue following exposure to asbestos. The workplace was a common source of exposure to asbestos fibers, as asbestos was widely used in the ...