title: Pathohistogenetic approach on the etiology of Yunnan tin miner's lung cancer.
abstract: Pathological observation was made in 100 surgically resected lung cancers of Yunnan tin miners: peripheral type 44 including 9 scar cancers; central type 56, 27 of whom were early lung cancer, with limited initial loci in a well defined area. On the basis of dust retention in original sites of lung cancer and results of X-ray microanalysis, a scheme for calculating the relative probability of causation is formulated. The result of calculation shows that the contribution of exposure to radon daughters is about 7 times that of ore dust retention in the etiology of Yunnan tin miner's lung cancer.
authors.forename: S Q
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Z Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Y W
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001151:Arsenic / Q000009:adverse effects; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008906:Mining; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011886:Radon / Q000009:adverse effects; D014001:Tin
chemical_list: D014001:Tin; D001151:Arsenic; D011886:Radon