MESOTHELIOMA IN AUSTRALIA
Asbestos was mined in Australia for over one hundred years and Australia was the world’shighest user per capita of asbestos in the 1950s. It is thus no surprise that in the 1980s and1990s Australia has...
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MALIGNAN MESOTHELIOMA IN NORTH AMERICAN
IncidenceIn the United StatesIn 1890 Biggs reported a case of ‘endothelioma’ of the pleura. This report may havebeen the first recognised case of malignant mesothelioma in North America. Since thenthe...
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MESOTHELIOMA AND EXPOSURE ASBESTOS IN SOUTH AFRICA
AsbestosSouth Africa has deposits of three types of asbestos of value and in certain regions theseore bodies can be exploited commercially. It is important to note that at certain timesthe amount of...
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MESOTHELIOMA IN EUROPE
In 1991, Wagner introduced the Mesothelioma Conference in Paris with an historicalreview, from the 1870s to the 1930s, when European and American pathologists werediscussing the exact origin and nature...
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MESOTHELIOMA AND EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS 1962-2000IN SOUTH AFRICA
Three minerals, three epidemicsAll three of the major commercial forms of asbestos – Cape crocidolite (blue asbestos),amosite (brown asbestos) and chrysotile (white asbestos) occur in South Africa....
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IMAGING OF MESOTHELIOMA
IntroductionMalignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is an asbestos-related neoplasm that is refractory to current therapies and associated with poor prognosis. The disease originates in pleural...
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BIOPSY TECHNIQUES FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF MESOTHELIOMA
IntroductionThe incidence of mesothelioma continues to increase; it has a poor prognosis and definitive diagnosis is often difficult to obtain . In Europe, 5,000 people die annually from mesothelioma...
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PATHOHISTOLOGICAL DIAGNOSISAND DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
IntroductionMalignant mesothelioma is a malignant tumour originating from mesothelial cells. Most frequently, it arises in the pleura (70–95%). Primary peritoneal mesothelioma is less frequent (6–10%)....
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SURGICAL THERAPY OF MESOTHELIOMA
IntroductionWith the exception of the use of thoracoscopy for diagnosis, indications for surgery in mesothelioma are controversial. Due to the rarity of disease there are no randomized surgical studies...
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