Despite an extensive literature, the relationship between asbestos exposure and lung
cancer remains the subject of controversy, related to the fact that most asbestos‐associated …

Exposure to asbestos results in serious risks of developing mesothelioma and lung cancer.
The link between asbestos exposure and lung carcinoma is well established. Nevertheless …

The objective of this study was to evaluate the scientific literature concerning asbestos and
lung cancer, emphasizing low-level exposure. A literature search in PubMed and Embase …

Aims: To determine if the presence of asbestosis is a prerequisite for lung cancer in subjects
with known exposure to blue asbestos (crocidolite). Methods: Former workers and residents …

Objective: To study the association between occupational asbestos exposure and pleural
mesothelioma, lung cancer, and laryngeal cancer, specifically addressing risk associated …

Objectives: To study the asbestos-associated risk of lung cancer according to the
histological type of cancer, the time of and time since diagnosis of asbestosis, the asbestos …

Asbestos is a carcinogen associated with lung cancer, but few studies have examined the
increased risk of lung cancer due to environmental asbestos exposure. We performed a …

To determine whether we could distinguish asbestos-related lung cancers from unrelated
ones, we typed and quantified by electron-optical methods the asbestos fibers in the lungs of …

Asbestos-related diseases persist, because millions of workers have had prior exposure and
many industrializing countries continue to use asbestos. Globally, an estimated 107,000 …

The study was designed to test the hypothesis that the risk of lung cancer from asbestos
exposure is confined to persons with radiographic evidence of pulmonary fibrosis …