Lung cancer in Israel, 1962?1982 I. Jews and Arabs

Rennert, Gad; Tamir, Ada; Katz, L.M.; Steinitz, R.; Epstein, Leon

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“…Jewish male populations across the world display low levels of smoking-related morbidity and mortality (Rennert et al 1988, 1990, Staetsky 2011 . In addition, we possess information on the low prevalence of other types of healthdestructive behaviour among Jews: low levels of alcohol consumption being the most remarkable example of this (Becher et al 2003;Glassner and Berg 1980;Shkolnikov et al 2004).…”

Section: British Jews Compared With Total Population Of England Andmentioning

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Mortality of British Jews at the Turn of the 20th Century in a Comparative Perspective

Staetsky

2011

Eur J Population

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This paper presents analysis of mortality data of British Jews. Not much was known about mortality of British Jews until recently. Recent availability of mortality data of British Jews represents a remarkable development in Jewish demography. The study reported in this paper employs multiple comparisons of mortality schedules and places the discussion of findings within the larger analytical framework offered by the existing tradition of research into Jewish mortality across the world. This paper addresses three Cet article analyse des données de mortalité de britanniques de religion juive. La mortalité de cette population était peu connue jusqu'ici, mais la récente mise à disposition de données permet un développement considérable dans le domaine de la démographie juive. Cette étude se base sur diverses comparaisons de calendriers de mortalité et s'inscrit dans le cadre plus large de la tradition de recherche autour de la mortalité des juifs dans le monde. Trois questions empiriques sont traitées dans cet article :(1) la mortalité des britanniques de religion juive est-elle comparable à celle de la population britannique en général, et à celle de différents sous-groupes de cette population ? (2) comment la mortalité des britanniques de religion juive se classe-t-elle par rapport aux calendriers d'âge au décès observés dans les pays développés ? (3) la mortalité des britanniques de religion juive est-elle comparable à la mortalité des Israéliens de religion juive ? L'analyse se conclut avec une discussion des résultats au regard d'autres informations disponibles dans la littérature sur la mortalité des juifs. Plus spécifiquement, le concept de modèle de mortalité juive et sa pertinence dans le contexte de la démographie britannique juive sont discutés.

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Section: British Jews Compared With Total Population Of England Andmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mortality of British Jews at the Turn of the 20th Century in a Comparative Perspective

Staetsky

2011

Eur J Population

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“…We examine findings on the mesothelioma to excess lung cancer ratio in this cohort and discuss possible interpretations. The findings are of interest in that baseline lung cancer incidence and mortality for males in Israel is less than one-half that of most European and North American countries [Rennert et al, 1988;Coleman et al, 1993;American Cancer Society, 1994;World Health Organization, 1996]. …”

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Cancer in ex-asbestos cement workers in Israel, 1953-1992

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A cohort of 3,057 male workers employed in an asbestos‐cement plant using 90% chrysotile‐10% crocidolite, located in Northern Israel, was followed from 1953–1992 for incidence and mortality from cancer. In the years 1978–1992, the cohort had an elevated risk for all malignant neoplasms combined (n > 153, SIR > 117, ns), lung cancer (n > 28, SIR > 135, ns), mesothelioma (n > 21; SIR >5000, p > .0001), unspecified pleural cancer (n > 5; SIR > 278, P > .0001), and liver cancer (n > 7, SIR 290, ns). Risks for colo‐rectal (n > 19; SIR > 79, ns), bladder (n = 12, SIR 69) and renal cancers (n > 5, SIR 104) were less than expected. Risk for mesothelioma showed a sharp risk gradient with duration of exposure, increasing from 1 per 625 for those employed less than 2 years to 1 per 4.5 workers employed over 30 years. The ratio of mesothelioma to excess lung cancer cases was 2.9 to 1, or 3.6 to 1, if pleural cases of unspecified origin were included; the pleura to peritoneum ratio of verified mesothelioma cases was 20 to 1. This atypically high ratio of mesothelioma to excess lung cancer cases is suggested to be the combined result of high past asbestos exposures in the workers and their low prior risk for lung cancer, and possibly, relatively early smoking cessation in relation to asbestos exposure. Am. J. Ind. Med. 35:1–8, 1999. © 1999 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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“…The potency of tobacco smoke to induce cancer is probably related to the large number of toxic compounds that constitute smoke, including some 42 accepted or suspected human carcinogens [17][18][19][20].…”

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Response to Cisplatin-Etoposide Treatment and Survival in Patients with Small-Cell Lung Cancer in North Lebanon

Kalaajieh

2003

Med Princ Pract

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Objective: To study the clinical features of small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) cases diagnosed in adults in North Lebanon. Patients and Methods: Descriptive analysis of 125 SCLC cases diagnosed in a tertiary care hospital in North Lebanon. Results: One hundred and twenty-five patients diagnosed with SCLC comprised the study group; 109 male and 16 female patients aged from 35 to 84 years with a mean age of 56 ± 7.4 years. 95.4% of male and 31.2% of female patients were current smokers. The most frequent symptoms were cough, dyspnea, and chest pain in 24.8, 18.4, and 16.8%, respectively. Staging procedures were performed in all patients: 49 (39.2%) patients had limited stage (LS) and 76 (60.8%) patients had extensive stage (ES) disease. Metastasis was most frequent to bones (40.8%) followed by liver (24.8%) and brain (14.4%). The response rates, including both complete and partial responses to therapy, were 80, 41.5, and 52% for LS, ES, and overall patients, respectively. Median survival was 311, 163, and 201 days for LS, ES, and overall patients, respectively. Conclusion: Clinical features of the patients were very similar to those reported in the literature except that there were lower median survival values and response rates to treatment, including both complete and partial responses for both LS and ES disease. The results should be considered preliminary with regard to the activity of the chemotherapy regimen, given the statistical limitation of the small number of patients.

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Lung cancer in Israel, 1962?1982 I. Jews and Arabs

Cited by 14 publications

References 18 publications

Mortality of British Jews at the Turn of the 20th Century in a Comparative Perspective

Mortality of British Jews at the Turn of the 20th Century in a Comparative Perspective

Cancer in ex-asbestos cement workers in Israel, 1953-1992

Response to Cisplatin-Etoposide Treatment and Survival in Patients with Small-Cell Lung Cancer in North Lebanon

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