Carcinoid Tumours of the Lung and Definition of the Medico-Legal Term “Lung Cancer” Used in the List of Occupational Disease in Germany – Results of the German Mesothelioma Register

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Pneumologie. 2008 May 13. [Epub ahead of print] [Link] Neumann V, Fischer M, Tannapfel A. Deutsches Mesotheliomregister am Institut für Pathologie der Ruhr-Universität Bochum am Berufsgenossenschaftlichen Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil. Abstract Carcinoid…

Molecular targets and targeted therapies for malignant mesothelioma

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Current medicinal chemistry. 2008;15(9):855-67. [Link] Palumbo C, Bei R, Procopio A, Modesti A. Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, Tor Vergata University, Via Montpellier 1, Rome, Italy. camilla.palumbo@uniroma2.it Abstract…

MR Imaging of Benign and Malignant Pleural Disease

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America. 2008 May;16(2):319-39. [Link] Gill RR, Gerbaudo VH, Jacobson FL, Trotman-Dickenson B, Matsuoka S, Hunsaker A, Sugarbaker DJ, Hatabu H. Department of Radiology, Brigham…

Thin-walled cysts as a pathognomonic CT finding in cystic mesothelioma

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Tumori. 2008 Jan-Feb;94(1):14-8. [Link] Sugarbaker P, Yan T, Zappa L, Haveric N, Brun E. Washington Cancer Institute, Washington, DC 20010, USA. Paul.Sugarbaker@medstar.net Abstract Aim: Cystic mesothelioma is a rare disease…

Cancer morbidity risks among workers of asbestos-cement productions

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Meditsina Truda i Promyshlennaia Ekologiia. 2008;(3):27-33. [Link] Abstract The retrospective assessment of morbidity rates and cancer pathology risks in workers of asbestosis-cement enterprises of Ukraine has been made. It was…

Mesothelioma in Russia: systematic review of 3576 published cases from occupational medicine viewpoint

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Meditsina Truda i Promyshlennaia Ekologiia. 2008;(3):15-21. [Link] Abstract The article deals with results of systematic review of 3576 cases of mesothelioma varying in location, published over 126 years (1881-2006) in…

A Technical Comparison of Evaluating Asbestos Concentration by Phase-Contrast Microscopy (PCM), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), and Analytical Transmission Electron Microscopy (ATEM) as Illustrated From Data Generated From a Case Report

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Inhalation Toxicology. 2008 May;20(7):723-32 [Link] Dodson RF, Hammar SP, Poye LW. Dodson Environmental Consulting, Inc., and ERI Analytical, Tyler, Texas, USA. Abstract As reported in the literature, there are more…

Overexpression and altered glycosylation of MUC1 in malignant mesothelioma

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Molecular Diagnostics. 2008 May 6;98(9):1562-9. Epub 2008 Apr 29. [Link] Creaney J, Segal A, Sterrett G, Platten MA, Baker E, Murch AR, Nowak AK, Robinson BW, Millward MJ. National Research…

Video-assisted cervical thoracoscopy: a novel approach for diagnosis, staging and pleurodesis of malignant pleural mesothelioma

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European Jounral of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 2008 Apr 29; [Epub ahead of print] [Link] Chamberlain MH, Fareed K, Nakas A, Martin-Ucar AE, Waller DA. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Glenfield Hospital, Groby…

Dysphagia as an unusual complication of pleural mesothelioma

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Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons–Pakistan. 2008 Jan;18(1):43-4. [Link] Khan S, Butt N, Moin T, Bajwa F. Department of Surgery, Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals,NHS Foundation Trust, UK. Abstract…

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