Lung Cancer
Volume 45 , Pages S7-S15 , August 2004

The epidemiology of asbestos-related diseases

  • Jacek Niklinski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medical Academy of Bialystok, 24A M. Sklodowska-Curie Str., 15-276 Bialystok, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +48-85-7485988.
    • ,
  • Wieslawa Niklinska

      Affiliations

    • Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical Academy of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
    • ,
  • Elżbieta Chyczewska

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pneumonology, Medical Academy of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
    • ,
  • Jerzy Laudanski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medical Academy of Bialystok, 24A M. Sklodowska-Curie Str., 15-276 Bialystok, Poland
    • ,
  • Wojciech Naumnik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pneumonology, Medical Academy of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
    • ,
  • Lech Chyczewski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Molecular Biology, Medical Academy of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
    • ,
  • Eric Pluygers

      Affiliations

    • Oncology Department (Honorary), Jolimont Hospital, La Louviere, Belgium

References 

  1. Wagner JC, Sleggs CA, Marchand P. Diffuse pleural mesothelioma and asbestos exposure in the North Western Cape Province. Br. J. Ind. Med. 1960;17:260–271
  2. Newhouse ML, Thompson H. Mesothelioma of pleura and peritoneum following exposure to asbestos in the London area. Br. J. Ind. Med. 1965;22:261–268
  3. Castleman BI. Asbestos and Cancer: history and public policy. Letter to the Editor. Br. J. Ind. Med. 1991;48:427–430
  4. Nordmann M. The occupational cancer of asbestos workers. Z. Krebsforsch. 1935;47:288–302
  5. Wedler HW. Lung cancer in asbestosis patients. Arch. Klinischen Medizin. 1943;191:189–209
  6. Hueper WC. Occupational tumours and allied diseases. Springfield IL: Charles C Thomas Publisher; 1942.
  7. Stayner LT, Dankovic DA, Lemen RA. Occupational exposure to chrysotile asbestos and cancer risk: a review of the amphibole hypothesis. Am. J. Public Health. 1996;86:179–186
  8. Case BW, Dufresne A. Occupational and environmental disease among Quebec chrysotile miners, millers and neighbouhood residents: complementarity of epidemiology, pathology and lung retained dose studies. Presentation at the 10th ISEOH (International Symposium on epidemiology in occupational health), Como (Italy); 1997. Abstract book page 61.
  9. Enarson DA, Embree V, Maclean L, Grzybowski S. Respiratory health in chrysotile asbestos miners in British Columbia: a longitudinal study. Br. J. Ind. Med. 1988;45:459–463
  10. Sluis-Cremer GK, Liddell FDK, Logan WPD, Bezuidenhout BN. The mortality of amphibole miners in South Africa 1946–1980. Br. J. Ind. Med. 1992;49:566–575
  11. Armstrong BK, De Klerk NH, Musk AW, Hobbs MST. Mortality in miners and millers of crocidolite in Western Australia. Br. J. Ind. Med. 1988;45:5–13
  12. Ferguson DA, Berry G, Jelihovsky T, Andreas SB, Rogers AJ, Fung SC, et al.  The Australian Mesothelioma Surveillance Program 1974–1985. Med. J. Aust. 1987;147:166–172
  13. Cookson WOCM, De Klerk NH, Musk AW, Armstrong BK, Glancy JJ, Hobbs MST. Prevalence of radiographic asbestosis in crocidolite miners and millers at Wittenoom, Western Australia. Br. J. Ind. Med. 1986;43:450–457
  14. Albin M, Jakobsson K, Attenell R, Johansson L, Welinder H. Mortality and cancer morbidity in cohorts of asbestos cement workers and referents. Br. J. Ind. Med. 1990;47:602–610
  15. Ribak J, Lilis R, Suzuki Y, Penner L, Selikoff I. Malignant mesothelioma in a cohort of asbestos insulation workers: clinical presentation, diagnosis, and causes of death. Br. J. Ind. Med. 1988;45:182–187
  16. Tagnon I, Blot WJ, Stroube RB, Day NE, Morris LE, Peace BB, et al.  Mesothelioma associated with the shipbuilding industry in Coastal Virginia. Cancer Res. 1980;40:3875–3879
  17. Viallat JR, Boutin C, Steinbauer J, Gaudichet A, Dufour G. Pleural effects of environmental asbestos pollution in Corsica. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 1999;643:438–443
  18. Baris I, Simonato L, Artvinli M, Pooley F, Saracci R, Skidmore J, et al.  Epidemiological and environmental evidence of the health effects of exposure to Erionite fibres: a four-year study in the cappadocian region of Turkey. Int. J.P. Cancer. 1987;39:10–17
  19. Selçuk ZT, Cöplü L, Emri S, Kalyoneu AF, Sahin AA, Baris YI. Malignant pleural mesothelioma due to environmental mineral fiber exposure in Turkey; analysis of 135 cases. Chest. 1992;102:790–806
  20. Bianchi C, Brollo A, Ramani L, Bianchi T. Malignant mesothelioma in Central and Eastern Europe. Acta Med. Croatica. 2000;54:161–164
  21. Szeszenia-Dbrowska N, Wilczyńska U, Szymczak W. Environmental exposure to asbestos in asbestos-cement workers: a case of additional exposure from indiscriminate use of industrial wastes. Int. J. Occup. Med. Environ. Health. 1998;11:171–177
  22. Szeszenia-Dbrowska N, Strzelecka A, Wilczyńska U, Szymczak W. Mortality of workers at two asbestos-cement plants in Poland. Int. J. Occup. Med. Environ. Health. 2000;13:121–130
  23. Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Strzelecka A, Wilczyaska U, Szymczak W. Occupational neoplasms in Poland in the years 1971–1994. Med. Pr. 1997;48:1–14 (in Polish)
  24. Saracci R, Simonato L, Acheson ED, Andersen A, Bertazzi PA, Claude J, et al.  Mortality and incidence of cancer of workers in the man made vitreous fibres producing industry: an international investigation at 13 European plants. Br. J. Ind. Med. 1984;41:425–436
  25. Boffetta P, Saracci and 12 others. The International Agency for Research on Cancer historical cohort study of man-made mineral fibre production workers in seven European countries: Preliminary results of an extension of the mortality follow up. Presentation at the 10th ISEOH Symposium, Como (Italy); 1994. Abstract book page 100.
  26. Payly JL, Mepani AB, Lesses JD, Cummings KH, Streck RJ. Cigarettes with defective filters marketed for 40 years. Tobacco control. 2002;11(1):151–161
  27. Corson JM, Pinkus GS. Mesothelioma: profile of keratin proteins and carcinoembryonic antigen. An immuno-peroxidase study of 20 cases and comparison with pulmonary adenocarcinoma. Am. J. Pathol. 1982;108:80–87
  28. Otis CN, Carter D, Cole S, Ttifora H. Immunohistochemical evaluation of pleural mesothelioma and pulmonary adenocarcinoma. A bi-institutional study of 47 cases. Am. J. Surg. Pathol. 1987;11:445–456
  29. Pluygers E, Baldewyns P. Tissue polypeptide antigen (TPA) as a biomarker of the mesothelial cell and mesothelioma. Eur. Respir. Rev. 1993;3:47–49
  30. Pluygers E, Baldewyns P, Minette P, Beauduin M, Robinet P. Biomarker assessments in asbestos-exposed workers as indicators for selective prevention of mesothelioma or bronchogenic carcinoma: rationale and practical implementations (Part I and Part II). Eur J Cancer Prev 1991–1992;1:57–68, 129–38.
  31. Pluygers E, Baldewyns P, Beauduin M. Modulation of anti-carcinogenesis strategies in asbestos-exposed workers by biological marker assessments in serum. Presentation at International Conference on mechanisms of antimutagenesis and anticarcinogenesis, Lucca (Italy); 1991.
  32. Nikliński J, Niklińska W, Chyczewski L, Becker HD, Pluygers E. Molecular genetic abnormalities in premalignant lung lesions: biological and clinical implications. Eur. J. Cancer Prev. 2001;10:1–13
  33. Woitowitz HJ, Lange HJ, Ulm K, et al. Medizinische Eingrenzung ven Hochrisikogruppen ehemals asbestamb-exponierter Arbeitnehmer. Published in Forschungsbericht Asbest III, by Hauptverband der gewerblichen Berufsgenossenschaften (HVBG), Sankt Augustin; 1991 [in German].
  34. Lanphear BP, Buncher CR. Latent period for malignant mesothelioma of occupational origin. J. Occup. Med. 1992;34:718–721

PII: S0169-5002(04)00164-3

doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2004.04.008

Lung Cancer
Volume 45 , Pages S7-S15 , August 2004

Article Tools