Epidemiological
Health surveillance in workers with a previous exposure to asbestos: a method of retrospective evaluation of exposition
Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia. 2007 Jul-Sep;29(3 Suppl):641-2. [Link] Todaro A, Bordini L, Rubagotti M, Mensi C, Riboldi L. Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Milano Abstract The medical surveillance of the previously exposed to asbestos like method of retrospective appraisal of the exposure. The medical surveillance of the…
Read MoreActivity of the Campania Register of Mesothelioma from july 2003 to October 2007
Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia. 2007 Jul-Sep;29(3 Suppl):642-4. [Link] Menegozzo M, Izzo F, Canfora ML, Petronzio MF, Menegozzo S. Registro Mesoteliomi della Campania, Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli. Abstract Campania Mesothelioma Register was established in 2002; its purpose is to record every case of malignant mesothelioma that…
Read MoreCase studies on the malignant mesothelioma in Pellezzano (SA
Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia. 2007 Jul-Sep;29(3 Suppl):644. [Link] Menegozzo S, Izzo F, Canfora ML, Petronzio MF, Santoro M, Menegozzo M. Registro Mesoteliomi della Campania, Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale SUN. Abstract 41 malignant mesothelioma cases were reported between January 2000 and April 2007 in the province of Salerno. The small town of…
Read MoreAn evaluation of the risks of lung cancer and mesothelioma from exposure to amphibole cleavage fragments
Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. 2007 Oct 22 [Epub ahead of print] [Link] Gamble JF, Gibbs GW, Nolan RP. International Environmental Research Foundation, Post Office Box 3459, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163-3459, USA. Abstract Amphiboles are hydrated mineral silicates five of which occur in asbestiform habits as asbestos grunerite (amosite) asbestos, riebeckite (crocidolite) asbestos,…
Read MoreMedico-legal aspects of mesothelioma.
Annali Italiani di Chirurgia. 2007 Sep-Oct;78(5):401-3. [Link] Partemi S, De Giorgio F. Institute of Legal Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, School of Medicine, Rome, Italy. sara.partemi@rm.unicatt.it Abstract The Authors, reviewing the Literature on asbestos-related Malignant Mesothelioma (MM), found that because of its very peculiar characteristics, the causal link between professional asbestos exposure and…
Read MoreMalignant Mesothelioma Resistance to Apoptosis: Recent Discoveries and their Implication for Effective Therapeutic Strategies
Current Medicinal Chemistry. 2008;15(7):631-41. [Link] Villanova F, Procopio A, Rippo MR. Laboratory of Experimental Pathology, Department of Molecular Pathology and Innovative Therapies, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy. m.r.rippo@univpm.it. Abstract Malignant Mesothelioma is an aggressive and fatal type of tumor. The incidence of mesothelioma has increased in the past 30 years and is now common…
Read MoreMalignant mesothelioma in the Veneto Region (north-east of Italy), 1988-2002: incidence, geographical analysis, trends and comparison with mortality
Epidemiologia e Prevenzione. 2007 Nov-Dec;31(6):309-16. [Link] Roberti S, Merler E, Bressan V, Fiore AR; Gruppo Regionale Sui Mesoteliomi Maligni. Registro regionale veneto dei casi di mesotelioma, Servizio prevenzione igiene e sicurezza negli ambienti di lavoro, AULSS 16, Padova. sara.roberti@sanita.padova.it Abstract Objective: The study assesses incidence and trend of malignant mesothelioma (MM), and mortality from primary…
Read MorePleural mesothelioma: diagnostic problems and evaluation of prognostic factors
Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute. 2006 Dec;18(4):303-10. [Link] [Full Text PDF] Ismail HM, Nouh MA, Abulkheir IL, Abd El-Rahman Ael-R, Tawfik HN. The Department of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University. hodanci@hotmail.com Abstract Background: Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) in Egypt is mainly attributed to an environmental origin i.e exposure to asbestos, with a…
Read MoreMalignant peritoneal mesothelioma tumours. Evolution, treatment, prognosis
Revista Medico-Chiruricala A Societatii de Medici si Naturalisti Din Iasi (Iasi). 2007 Jul-Sep;111(3):673-7. [Link] Scripcariu V, Dajbog E, Radu I, Ferariu D, Pricop A, GrigoraÅŸ M, Dragomir C. Universitatea de Medicina ÅŸi Farmacie Gr. T. Popa IaÅŸi Facultatea de Medicină, Clinica a III-a Chirurgicală ÅŸi Centrul de Cercetare în Chirurgia Oncologică ÅŸi Training in Chirurgie…
Read MoreEpidemiology, molecular biology, diagnostic and therapeutic strategy of malignant pleural mesothelioma in 2007 – an update
Revue des Maladies Respiratoires. 2007 Oct;24(8 Pt 2):6S157-64. [Link] Porret E, Madelaine J, Galateau-Sallé F, Bergot E, Zalcman G. Service de Pneumologie, Pôle Coeur-Poumons-Vaisseaux, Université Basse-Normandie, CHU de Caen, France. Abstract Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare tumour due to occupational asbestos exposure. The incidence of MPM will continue to increase until 2020-2030. The…
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