Lung Cancer, from Asbestos-Related Disease (Section 5)

This is a section on lung cancer by Leslie Preger from a chapter on organ involvement in asbestos-related disease. It is a review of other researchers' studies, with some of the author's radiology cases, not a new study. Citing Hammond, it reported a 5.3-fold increased lung cancer risk in asbestos insulation workers who smoked cigarettes, compared with age-specific U.S. mortality for white males with smoking disregarded. Citing Newhouse's textile worker data, it reported greater lung cancer death in male asbestos workers who smoked than in male smokers without asbestos exposure; the scanned multiplier is unreliable. The author wrote that lung cancer in male asbestos workers was mainly confined to smokers. The author estimated adenocarcinoma at about 15 to 20 percent of lung tumors in an unselected population and about double that in asbestos workers. In the author's opinion, based on epidemiologic surveys, crocidolite and amosite were more carcinogenic than anthophyllite and chrysotile. The radiology part described how severe fibrosis and pleural plaques can hide lung tumors. The scanned text was badly damaged in places.

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