Asbestos-related Occupational Cancers Compensated under the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance in Korea

Ahn, Yeon-Soon; Kang, Suk Bong

doi:10.2486/indhealth.47.113

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“…The link between lung cancer and asbestos exposure is sometimes difficult to attest (16). Two criteria for this recognition are used in many countries (Germany, Austria, Belgium, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland): proved intense exposure (Helsinki criteria or threshold of 25 fibers/ml/year) and/or asbestos-related conditions (asbestosis and/or extensive modification of the pleura) (17).…”

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Asbestos-related lung cancers: A retrospective clinical and pathological study

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Molecular and Clinical Oncology

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Abstract. Exposure to asbestos results in serious risks of developing mesothelioma and lung cancer. The link between asbestos exposure and lung carcinoma is well established. Nevertheless, precise histopathological data are poorly considered when investigating the asbestos-cancer link in a compensatory approach. In the present study, we aim to describe the features of individuals with compensated lung cancer who were referred to an occupational disease center, regarding occupational exposure to asbestos, smoking history and pathological data. We led a retrospective study of compensated ARLC cases seen in our occupational disease center between 2003 and 2013. A total of 146 men were included (mean age at diagnosis, 63.2 years) of whom approximately 90% were heavy current or former smokers (mean value, 30.4 packs/year). The major industries associated with the lung cancer cases were shipbuilding (69.9%), and building construction (7.5%) in this harbor region. The results of the present study showed that lung upper lobe was most prevalent (61.6%) and an excess of adenocarcinoma was found (45.9%), followed by squamous cell carcinoma (38.4%) as well as thoracic sarcomas (2.1%). Neoplasm was not histologically proven in 6.8% of the cases. Subsequent pathology examinations also reclassified 2 tumors as metastases from esophageal and laryngeal origins. In conclusion, smoking prevention should be encouraged in asbestos-exposed workers as reflected by the number of smokers with asbestos-related lung cancer. Thus, histological data should be considered further to evaluate the potent relationship between asbestos exposure and lung malignancy, especially in a compensatory approach.

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Asbestos-related lung cancers: A retrospective clinical and pathological study

Uguen

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Marcorelles

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Molecular and Clinical Oncology

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“…In Korea, the most common occupational skin disease is contact dermatitis. Leukoderma constitutes about 5.7% of occupational skin diseases 7 .…”

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Chemical Leukoderma Improved by Low-dose Steroid Pulse Therapy

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“…In 1993, the first case of mesothelioma in Korea was reported in an asbestos textile worker [Paek et al, 1995]. From that year to 2007, the Korea Labor Welfare Corporation approved compensation for 41 cases of asbestos-related occupational lung cancer and 19 cases of mesothelioma [Ahn and Kang, 2009]. Among the 60 cases of asbestos-related cancers, 7 cases of lung cancer and 4 of mesothelioma were shipyard workers.…”

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