title: The attribution of lung cancers to asbestos exposure: a pathologic study of 924 unselected cases.
abstract: We studied a series of 924 nonselected surgical cases of lung carcinoma (without occupational history in clinical records) by histologic examination and light microscopic determination of asbestos body (AB) concentration to determine cancers attributable to asbestos exposure. Lower lobes showed higher concentrations, but no significant associations were recorded between concentrations and histologic type of the lung carcinomas. Histologic asbestosis was demonstrated in 56 cases considered definitely asbestos-related. In 12 of them, the demonstration of asbestosis was attained only after repeated examination of additional sections, suggested by thefinding of more than 1,000 ABs per gram of dry weight (gdw), an indicator of occupational asbestos exposure. In the 56 cases, the media
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Turin University, Italy.
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mollo
authors.forename: Corrado
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Magnani
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bo
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Burlo
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cravello
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001194:Asbestos / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001195:Asbestosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D002273:Carcinogens; D001194:Asbestos