Mesothelioma incidence varies markedly from one country to another. The highest annual
crude incidence rates (about 30 cases per million) are observed in Australia, Belgium, and …

Background Despite being largely preventable, many occupational diseases continue to be
highly prevalent and extremely costly. Effective strategies are required to reduce their …

The objective of the present study is to determine the feasibility of chest computed
tomography (CT) in screening for lung cancer among asbestos-exposed workers. In total …

Malignant mesothelioma originates from mesothelial cells and is a cancer type that
aggressively invades into the surrounding tissue, has poor prognosis and no effective …

Malignant mesothelioma is a form of cancer that is highly resistant to conventional cancer
therapy for which no major therapeutic advances have been introduced. Here, we identify …

Activin-A and activin-B, members of the TGF-β superfamily, are regulators of reproductive
functions, inflammation and wound healing. These dimeric molecules regulate various …

The objective of this analysis was the estimation of the cancer risks of asbestos and
asbestosis in a surveillance cohort of high-exposed German workers. A group of 576 …

Epidemiological studies have shown that mortality from malignant mesothelioma (MM) and
lung cancer have increased with increasing cumulative exposure to asbestos. To investigate …

The inhalation of asbestos fibers is considered to be highly harmful, and lead to fibrotic
and/or malignant disease. Epithelial‐to‐mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a common …

Lung cancer specimens display recurrent copy number aberrations in distinguished
chromosomal regions as compared with normal lung cells. Such alterations have been …