title: Pleural mesothelioma: epidemiological and public health issues. Report from the Second Italian Consensus Conference on Pleural Mesothelioma.
abstract: Malignant mesothelioma is closely connected to asbestos exposure, with epidemiological patterns closely reshaping the geography and history of asbestos exposure. Mechanisms of causation and of interaction of asbestos fibres with pleura are complex and currently not yet completely understood. Curative efforts so far provided little results. Italy shows one of the highest incidence of MM and developed a network of specialized cancer registries in order to monitor disease occurrence and describe its epidemiology in details. The second Italian Consensus Conference on Pleural Mesothelioma convened in Torino on November 24th-25th, 2011. Besides the main consensus report summarizing the contribution of the different expertises, that was published elsewhere, the participants in 'Public Health and Epidemiology' section decided to report in major details the evidence and the conclusions regarding epidemiology, causative mechanisms and the public health impact of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Epidemiology, University of Eastern Piedmont and CPO-Piemonte, Novara, Italy. corrado.magnani@cpo.it
authors.forename: Corrado
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Magnani
authors.forename: Bice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fubini
authors.forename: Dario
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mirabelli
authors.forename: Pier Alberto
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Bertazzi
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: Elisabetta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chellini
authors.forename: Valerio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gennaro
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marinaccio
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Menegozzo
authors.forename: Enzo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Merler
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Merletti
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Musti
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pira
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Romanelli
authors.forename: Benedetto
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Terracini
authors.forename: Amerigo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zona
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D011634:Public Health