✦ LIBER ✦

Malignant pleural mesothelioma in bakers and pastry cooks

✍ Scribed by Valeria Ascoli; Roberto Calisti; Caterina Carnovale-Scalzo; Francesco Nardi

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2001
Tongue: English
Weight: 86 KB
Volume: 40
Category: Article
ISSN: 0271-3586
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.1111

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Background

The occurrence of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) among bakers and pastry cooks has never been documented.

Case reports

We detected eight cases of MPM in bakers, pastry cooks, and biscuit cooks engaged in making, baking/cooking, and selling pastry/bread in two hospital‐based series (Rome and Orbassano/Turin, Italy; period 1990–1997; 222 cases). Field‐investigations revealed asbestos‐containing material (ACM) in ovens for baking bread, that were manufactured prior to the 1980s.

Conclusions

It is suggested that there is a possible new association of the risk of having worked as a baker or pastry cook and MPM. Presumptive source of exposure to asbestos was the use of asbestos‐insulated ovens. Am. J. Ind. Med. 40:371–373, 2001. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES

Malignant pleural mesothelioma in pregna

Malignant pleural mesothelioma in pregnancy

✍ Patrick S. Ramsey; Diana R. Danilenko-Dixon; Kirk D. Ramin; Paul L. Ogburn Jr. 📂 Article 📅 2000 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 168 KB 👁 2 views

A 37-year-old pregnant woman presented at 18 weeks' gestation with unrelenting chest and shoulder pain, massive pleural effusion, and a large thoracic mass. Biopsy revealed an undifferentiated sarcomatous pleural mesothelioma. Malignant mesothelioma is a rare thoracic malignancy, which has not been

Serum hyaluronate in malignant pleural m

Serum hyaluronate in malignant pleural mesothelioma

✍ Thierry Frebourg; Guy Lerebours; Bertrand Delpech; Daniel Benhamou; Philippe Ber 📂 Article 📅 1987 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 339 KB 👁 2 views

Thrombocytosis in patients with malignan

Thrombocytosis in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma

✍ Line Lisbeth Olesen; Henning Thorshauge 📂 Article 📅 1988 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 229 KB 👁 2 views

Platelet counts were studied retrospectively in a series of 64 patients suspected of primary malignant pleural mesothelioma. Only platelet counts taken before chemotherapy and radiotherapy and surgery other than thoracocentesis were considered. Thirty-two patients had malignant pleural mesothelioma

Thrombospondin-1 expression and clinical

Thrombospondin-1 expression and clinical implications in malignant pleural mesothelioma

✍ Yasuhiko Ohta; Viji Shridhar; Gregory P. Kalemkerian; Robert K. Bright; Yoh Wata 📂 Article 📅 1999 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 143 KB 👁 2 views

## BACKGROUND. The role of thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) in tumor angiogenesis and progression is controversial. The authors assessed the impact of TSP-1 as a prognostic indicator in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). ## METHODS. TSP-1 expression was assessed by reverse transcriptase-polymerase c

Carcinoembryonic antigen in pleural effu

Carcinoembryonic antigen in pleural effusions. Diagnostic value in malignant mesothelioma

✍ Bruno Faravelli; Eugenio D'Amore; Marco Nosenzo; Pier-Giacomo Betta; Adalberto D 📂 Article 📅 1984 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 324 KB 👁 2 views

Incidence of malignant pleural mesotheli

Incidence of malignant pleural mesothelioma after thoracic radiotherapy

✍ Alfred I. Neugut; Habibul Ahsan; Karen H. Antman 📂 Article 📅 1997 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 60 KB 👁 1 views

## Background: Although usually associated with asbestos exposure, a number of case reports have noted the occurrence of malignant pleural mesothelioma in patients who received radiotherapy (rt) to the thorax. ## Methods: The authors performed a retrospective cohort study utilizing 251,750 women