Mortality from cancer and other causes in the Balangero cohort of chrysotile asbestos miners

Abstract

This updated analysis, with almost 60% of the cohort having died, confirmed the excess mortality from pleural and peritoneal cancers and from several alcohol-related causes.

Peritoneal Mesothelioma and Asbestos: Clarifying the Relationship by Epidemiology

“…This finding is contrary to other studies that claim a lesser causal relationship between asbestos exposure and peritoneal mesothelioma in women as compared to men [20]. There have been other reports of peritoneal mesotheliomas in occupational groups exposed to chrysotile asbestos from all over the world including China [44,45] Italy [46,47] Australia [48] and Canada [42,49].…”

Occupational exposures to asbestos, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and solvents, and cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx: a quantitative literature review

“…Twenty-four cohort studies (Dement et al 2009a;Dement et al 2009b;Enterline et al 1987;Giaroli et al 1994;Harding et al 2009;Hein et al 2007;Hughes et al 1987;Krstev et al 2007;Levin et al 1998;Loomis et al 2009;Nokso-Koivisto and Pukkala 1994;Parnes 1990;Pira et al 2007Pira et al , 2009Puntoni et al 2001;Purdue et al 2006;Raffn et al 1989;Reid et al 2004;Sluis-Cremer et al 1992;Strand et al 2010;Tsai et al 2007;Ulvestad et al 2002Ulvestad et al , 2004Ward et al 1994) and a Finnish record linkage study (Tarvainen et al 2008) presented results on workers exposed to asbestos and cancers of the OC and/or pharynx. Among them, three referred to miners and millers (Pira et al 2009;Reid et al 2004;Sluis-Cremer et al 1992), six concerned workers of the construction industry (Dement et al 2009a, b;Krstev et al 2007;Puntoni et al 2001;Purdue et al 2006;Ulvestad et al 2004), three dealt with asbestos textile workers (Hein et al 2007;Loomis et al 2009;Pira et al 2007), and four concerned cement-asbestos workers (Giaroli et al 1994;Hughes et al 1987;Raffn et al 1989;…”

Stomach cancer mortality among workers exposed to asbestos: a meta-analysis

“…We carefully reviewed the abstracts or full texts of these papers. Totally, forty cohorts from 32 independent studies (Harding et al 2009;Musk et al 2008;Wang et al 2013;Du et al 2012;Menegozzo et al 2011;Tomioka et al 2011;Pesch et al 2010;Clin et al 2009;Loomis et al 2009;Pira et al 2009;Frost et al 2008;Reid et al 2008;Hein et al 2007;Kjaerheim et al 2005;Pira et al 2005;Wilczyńska et al 2005;Reid et al 2004;Smailyte et al 2004;Sun et al 2003;de La Provôté et al 2002;Szeszenia-Dabrowska et al 2002;Berry et al 2000;Battista et al 1999;Germani et al 1999;Kurumatani et al 1999;Tsai et al 1996;Dement et al 1994;Tarchi et al 1994;Magnani et al 2008;Raffn et al 1989;Armstrong et al 1988;Acheson et al 1982) met the criteria for inclusion in the meta-analysis. Table 1 summarized all the available cohort studies with acknowledged asbestos exposure, which we have been able to identify.…”

“…Most studies were performed in Europe, five in Asia (Wang et al 2013;Du et al 2012;Tomioka et al 2011;Sun et al 2003;Kurumatani et al 1999), three in America (Loomis et al 2009;Hein et al 2007;and Tsai et al 1996), and four in Oceania Reid et al 2008Reid et al , 2004and Armstrong et al 1988). Thirteen studies Menegozzo et al 2011;Tomioka et al 2011;Pesch et al 2010;Pira et al 2009;Kjaerheim et al 2005;Reid et al 2004;Szeszenia-Dabrowska et al 2002;Battista et al 1999;Kurumatani et al 1999;Kurumatani et al 1999;Raffn et al 1989;and Armstrong et al 1988) were conducted only in male cohort, and five cohorts (Reid et al 2004;Sun et al 2003;Germani et al 1999;Magnani et al 2008;and Acheson et al 1982) included only female. The main type of industries included refitting shipyard, mining, textile, and cement.…”