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An Overview of Asbestos and Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: An Iranian Perspective
Asbestos refers to a group of minerals that appears naturally in the environment as bundles of fibers. The incidence rate of asbestos-related diseases has considerably increased as well as the amount of asbestos utilization in few countries. Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare type of agg...
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West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5747379/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29072053 http://dx.doi.org/10.22034/APJCP.2017.18.10.2619 |
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author | Emami, Habib Ilbeigi, Alireza Khodadad, Kian |
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description | Asbestos refers to a group of minerals that appears naturally in the environment as bundles of fibers. The incidence rate of asbestos-related diseases has considerably increased as well as the amount of asbestos utilization in few countries. Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare type of aggressive and life threatening neoplasm which arise from various serous surfaces: pleura, peritoneum, tunica vaginalis and pericardium. The first case of MPM was reported in 1947. MPM etiologically is associated to the exposure of asbestos fibers. This form of malignancy is difficult to diagnose in paraclinical work-ups because mesothelioma could occur within 10-20 years of the first-time exposure to asbestos. The burden of MPM is not yet to be wholly understood. The toxic side effects of asbestos on environment and people compelled the European countries to accept the French view upon this matter. However, this approach has not been accepted by some developing countries. This review provides a brief points and facts in relation to MPM and asbestos in Iran. |
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spelling | pubmed-57473792018-02-21 An Overview of Asbestos and Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: An Iranian Perspective Emami, Habib Ilbeigi, Alireza Khodadad, Kian Asian Pac J Cancer Prev Review Asbestos refers to a group of minerals that appears naturally in the environment as bundles of fibers. The incidence rate of asbestos-related diseases has considerably increased as well as the amount of asbestos utilization in few countries. Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare type of aggressive and life threatening neoplasm which arise from various serous surfaces: pleura, peritoneum, tunica vaginalis and pericardium. The first case of MPM was reported in 1947. MPM etiologically is associated to the exposure of asbestos fibers. This form of malignancy is difficult to diagnose in paraclinical work-ups because mesothelioma could occur within 10-20 years of the first-time exposure to asbestos. The burden of MPM is not yet to be wholly understood. The toxic side effects of asbestos on environment and people compelled the European countries to accept the French view upon this matter. However, this approach has not been accepted by some developing countries. This review provides a brief points and facts in relation to MPM and asbestos in Iran. West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5747379/ /pubmed/29072053 http://dx.doi.org/10.22034/APJCP.2017.18.10.2619 Text en Copyright: © Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY-SA/4.0 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License |
spellingShingle | Review Emami, Habib Ilbeigi, Alireza Khodadad, Kian An Overview of Asbestos and Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: An Iranian Perspective |
title | An Overview of Asbestos and Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: An Iranian Perspective |
title_full | An Overview of Asbestos and Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: An Iranian Perspective |
title_fullStr | An Overview of Asbestos and Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: An Iranian Perspective |
title_full_unstemmed | An Overview of Asbestos and Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: An Iranian Perspective |
title_short | An Overview of Asbestos and Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: An Iranian Perspective |
title_sort | overview of asbestos and malignant pleural mesothelioma: an iranian perspective |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5747379/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29072053 http://dx.doi.org/10.22034/APJCP.2017.18.10.2619 |
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