Incidence trends of mesothelioma in Norway, 1965–1999

Ulvestad, Bente; Kjærheim, Kristina; Møller, Bjørn; Andersen, Aage

doi:10.1002/ijc.11357

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“…In Norway the incidence of pleural mesothelioma showed recently a marked increase. The age-adjusted incidence rate among men was 20.6 per million in the period 1990-1994, and 26.1 per million in the period 1995-1999 15) . In Sweden a cancer registry started in 1958.…”

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Malignant Mesothelioma: Global Incidence and Relationship with Asbestos

2007

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Mesothelioma incidence varies markedly from one country to another. The highest annual crude incidence rates (about 30 cases per million) are observed in Australia, Belgium, and Great Britain. A lot of data indicate a relationship between mesothelioma and asbestos. The hot areas for mesothelioma exactly correspond to the sites of industries with high asbestos use, such as shipbuilding and asbestos-cement industry. However, in many countries with high asbestos consumption, mesothelioma incidence is low. The reasons for this fact are not clear. The latency periods elapsing between first exposure to asbestos and development of mesothelioma are mostly longer than 40 yr. An inverse relationship exists between intensity of asbestos exposure and length of the latency period. Mesothelioma generally develops after long-time exposures to asbestos. Some recent studies show that the risk increases with the duration of exposure. Possible co-factors in the pathogenesis of asbestos-related mesothelioma include genetic predisposition, diets poor in fruit and vegetables, viruses, immune impairment, recurrent serosal inflammation. The study of co-morbidity in mesothelioma could give an insight into the pathogenesis of the tumor. While a levelling-off in mesothelioma incidence has been registered in some countries, a worsening of the epidemic is predictable in large parts of the world.

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Malignant Mesothelioma: Global Incidence and Relationship with Asbestos

2007

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“…Despite marked variations from one country to another, a rise of mesothelioma incidence and mortality has been observed in European countries, including Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Italy, and in Canada and Japan. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Incidence calculated projections suggest a peak in men around 2017 in the Netherlands, around 2014 in Australia and between 2011 and 2015 in Great Britain. [8][9][10][11][12] Nevertheless, mesothelioma incidence in men in the United States and in the population of Sweden seems to have levelled off in the 1990s.…”

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Evolution of pleural cancers and malignant pleural mesothelioma incidence in France between 1980 and 2005

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Intl Journal of Cancer

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The evolution of pleural cancers and malignant pleural mesothelioma incidence in France between 1980 and 2005 was analysed using data derived from the French network of cancer registries (FRANCIM) and the French National Mesothelioma Surveillance Program (PNSM). Mesothelioma proportions in pleural cancers were calculated by diagnosis year in the 1980-2000 period. Our results suggest that the incidences of pleural cancer and mesothelioma levelled off in French men since 2000 and continued to increase in French women. A decrease of the annual pleural cancer incidence average in men was noticed (23.4% of annual rate of change) between 2000 and 2005. The proportion of pleural cancers that were mesothelioma was unchanged between 1980 and 2003 with an average of 86%. The age standardised incidence rate of pleural mesothelioma remained relatively stable between 1998 and 2005 with a slight falling trend. For women, the age standardised incidence rate of pleural cancers and mesothelioma increased during the period 1998-2005. Additionally, the proportion of pleural cancers that were mesothelioma increased during the same period of time. Finally, the increased trend observed in the incidence of pleural mesothelioma and cancers in women is credibly due to their under diagnosis in the 1980-1997 period. The comparison between the French incidence and the American and British ones shows that the decreasing trend in incidence of mesothelioma and pleural cancers in French men since 2000 is potentially associated with a lower amphibole consumption and by the implementation of safety regulations at work from 1977.The incidence of pleural cancers, specifically malignant pleural mesothelioma in men, has shown a consistent increase in many industrialised countries for several decades. Despite marked variations from one country to another, a rise of mesothelioma incidence and mortality has been observed in European countries, including Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Italy, and in Canada and Japan. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Incidence calculated projections suggest a peak in men around

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“…The authors stressed that their data should be considered cautiously, since the latency time from asbestos exposure to disease occurrence has been estimated as longer than 30 years (Bianchi et al, 1997), while asbestos imports to Sweden decreased markedly only in 1976 (Hemminki and Li, 2003). Similarly, a cohort analysis of Norwegian data showed a levelling of rates for men born after 1935 (Ulvestad et al, 2003), while an analysis of pleural mesothelioma incidence trends revealed a deceleration of the increase in some European countries (Montanaro et al, 2003).…”

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