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A patient with epithelioid pleural mesothelioma (Myxoid variant) who survived for a long period without treatment

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2021
Pleural mesothelioma is a disease with a very poor prognosis. Here, we report a mesothelioma patient who survived for 5 years and a half. As a result of the autopsy, the tumor was diagnosed as a myxoid variant, which is internationally proposed as a ...
Keiichi Mizuhashi, Kenzo Okamoto, Takumi Kishimoto   +2 more
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Prevention of Asbestos Exposure in Latin America within a Global Public Health Perspective

Annals of Global Health, 2019
Background: Asbestos consumption in Latin America (LA) amounts to 10% of yearly global production. Little is known about the impact of asbestos exposure in the region.
Eduardo Algranti, J. P. Ramos-Bonilla, B. Terracini, V. Santana, P. Comba, R. Pasetto, Agata Mazzeo, F. Cavariani, Andrés Trotta, D. Marsili   +9 more
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Tumour associated lymphocytes in the pleural effusions of patients with mesothelioma express high levels of inhibitory receptors

BMC Research Notes, 2018
Objective Pleural effusion (PE) is a common feature of malignant pleural mesothelioma. These effusions typically contain lymphocytes and malignant cells. We postulated that the PE would be a source of lymphocytes for analysis of tumor immune milieu.
Jonathan Chee, Mark W. Watson, Abha Chopra, Bella Nguyen, Alistair M. Cook, Jenette Creaney, Willem J. Lesterhuis, Bruce W. Robinson, Y. C. Gary Lee, Anna K. Nowak, Richard A. Lake, Alison M. McDonnell   +11 more
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Diagnostic limitations of lung fiber counts in asbestos-related diseases

The Journal of Scientific Practice and Integrity, 2023
# Background Lung dust fibre analyses have been used by some pathologists to estimate past asbestos exposure in the workplace and its related health risks.
Joachim Schneider, Rolf Arhelger, Bernd Brückel, Xaver Baur   +3 more
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Serous Ovarian Cancer Caused by Exposure to Asbestos and Fibrous Talc in Cosmetic Talc Powders - A Case Series.

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2019
OBJECTIVE Asbestos is a known cause of ovarian cancer. We report 10 cases of serous ovarian cancer among users of Johnson & Johnson (J&J) asbestos-containing "cosmetic" talc products.
Joan E. Steffen, Triet Tran, Muna Yimam, K. Clancy, Tess Bird, M. Rigler, W. Longo, D. Egilman   +7 more
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Current causes of mesothelioma: how has the asbestos ban changed the perspective?

Biomedical Papers, 2023
The association of mesothelioma, a lethal lung disease, with asbestos has led to an absolute ban on asbestos in at least 55 countries worldwide. The purpose of this paper is to review residual exposure to asbestos as well as other emerging causes of ...
Magdalena Janosikova, Marie Nakladalova, Ladislav Stepanek   +2 more
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Exposure–Response Analyses of Asbestos and Lung Cancer Subtypes in a Pooled Analysis of Case–Control Studies

Epidemiology, 2017
Background: Evidence is limited regarding risk and the shape of the exposure–response curve at low asbestos exposure levels. We estimated the exposure–response for occupational asbestos exposure and assessed the joint effect of asbestos exposure and ...
A. Olsson, R. Vermeulen, J. Schüz, H. Kromhout, B. Pesch, S. Peters, T. Behrens, L. Portengen, D. Mirabelli, P. Gustavsson, B. Kendzia, J. Almansa, Véronique Luzon, J. Vlaanderen, I. Stücker, F. Guida, D. Consonni, N. Caporaso, M. Landi, J. Field, I. Brüske, H. Wichmann, J. Siemiatycki, M. Parent, L. Richiardi, F. Merletti, K. Jöckel, W. Ahrens, H. Pohlabeln, N. Plato, A. Tardón, D. Zaridze, J. McLaughlin, P. Demers, N. Szeszenia‐Da̧browska, J. Lissowska, P. Rudnai, E. Fabiánová, Rodica Stanescu Dumitru, V. Bencko, L. Foretova, V. Janout, P. Boffetta, B. Bueno-de-Mesquita, F. Forastiere, T. Brüning, K. Straif   +46 more
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Occupational and environmental asbestos exposure and the risk of lung cancer in Korea: A case-control study in South Chungcheong Province of Korea.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Despite the use of large amounts of asbestos in the 1990s, few studies have been conducted in Korea on occupational and environmental asbestos exposure and lung cancer risk.
Da-An Huh, Min-Sung Kang, Jiyun Lee, Ji Yoon Choi, Kyong Whan Moon, Yong-Jin Lee   +5 more
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Asbestos and Asbestos-related Diseases in Vietnam: In reference to the International Labor Organization/World Health Organization National Asbestos Profile

Safety and Health at Work, 2013
This paper describes progress on formulating a national asbestos profile for the country of Vietnam. The Center of Asbestos Resource, Vietnam, formulated a National Profile on Asbestos-related Occupational Health, with due reference to the International ...
Van Hai Pham, Thi Ngoc Lan Tran, Giang Vinh Le, Mehrnoosh Movahed, Ying Jiang, Nguyen Ha Pham, Hisashi Ogawa, Ken Takahashi   +7 more
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Asbestos awareness among the residents of St. Kitts and Nevis: a cross-sectional study

Globalization and Health, 2022
Background High levels of public awareness regarding the hazards of asbestos, rights to health, and benefits of an asbestos-free country can increase advocacy and political commitment to a total ban on asbestos. We aimed to investigate asbestos awareness
Denrick Jeffers, Yu-Chi Liao, Ken Takahashi, Ro-Ting Lin   +3 more
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