Malignant pleural mesothelioma is an aggressive malignancy of the pleural surface,
predominantly caused by prior asbestos exposure. There is a global epidemic of malignant …

Malignant mesothelioma (MM) is a neoplasm arising from mesothelial cells lining the
pleural, peritoneal, and pericardial cavities. Over 20 million people in the US are at risk of …

Background. Thoracoscopy appears to be essential in identifying tumors at the beginning of
pleural disease. Methods. Between 1973 and 1990, diagnostic thoracoscopy was carried …

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OBJECTIVES: To estimate the importance of low dose exposure to asbestos on the risk of
mesothelioma. METHODS: A review of the literature. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS …

Three-hundred thirty-two cases of pleural diffuse malignant mesothelioma (DMM) seen at
large centers in Ontario and Quebec from 1965 to 1984 were reviewed retrospectively …

In spite of the well-recognized health hazards of asbestos and the imposition, beginning in
1971, of increasingly strict exposure limits, the prevalence of patients with pleural …

The first British Thoracic Society (BTS) state-ment on mesothelioma was published in 2001
by a Working Party of the Standards of Care Committee of the BTS1 in response to a request …

Exposure to asbestos, particularly members of the amphibole subgroup (crocidolite,
amosite), is associated with the development of malignant mesothelioma and lung cancer …

Clinical, radiographic, surgical, and pathologic findings and survival in 92 patients with
diffuse malignant mesothelioma (DMM) of the pleura who were examined at the Mayo Clinic …