Lung cancer risk in past asbestos workers a few decades after exposure cessation and prospects for screening.
Arch Environ Occup Health
; 71(4): 237-44, 2016 07 03.
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ABSTRACT
To ascertain whether the current risk of lung cancer in former asbestos workers was higher than in the general population, 1,557 past asbestos workers were recruited during statutory health examinations (from 2000 onward) and followed up for mortality. Standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) were calculated. Poisson regression was used to adjust the rate ratios (RRs) for confounders. SMR was about 1.00 in workers with or without pleural plaques and 4.62 (95% confidence interval 0.61-18.1) in those with asbestosis. Adjusted RRs for lung cancer were 4.70 (0.99-22.5) for asbestosis, 4.35 (0.97-19.5) for former smokers, 6.82 (1.38-34.4) for current smokers. Currently, lung cancer mortality in past asbestos workers is similar to the general population, probably because workers more exposed /more susceptible could have died from lung cancer before the beginning of follow-up.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Asbestos
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Mass Screening
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Occupational Exposure
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Lung Neoplasms
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Occupational Diseases
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
En
Year:
2016
Type:
Article