25 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 2
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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
Impact of induction therapy on postoperative outcome after extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant pleural mesothelioma: does induction-accelerated hemithoracic radiation increase the surgical risk?
This retrospective study from Toronto General Hospital, Canada, reviewed patients who had extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant pleural mesothelioma between January 2001 and December 2014. In this operation the lung, outer chest lining, diaphragm and heart sac…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2014
A feasibility study evaluating Surgery for Mesothelioma After Radiation Therapy: the "SMART" approach for resectable malignant pleural mesothelioma
This phase I/II feasibility study came from Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Toronto General Hospital, Canada. It tested a treatment, SMART, for surgically removable malignant pleural mesothelioma. It did not study asbestos exposure. From November…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
SORORIN and PLK1 as potential therapeutic targets in malignant pleural mesothelioma
…It did not study asbestos exposure. The authors measured gene activity in nine tumor samples from Toronto General Hospital and in four mesothelioma cell lines. They reported that both genes were overexpressed in a majority of…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2013
Use of the posterior pericardium to cover the bronchial stump after right extrapleural pneumonectomy
…a study of asbestos exposure. The author, a thoracic surgeon at Toronto General Hospital, described a way to cover the stapled end (stump) of the right main bronchus after right extrapleural pneumonectomy. This is an operation…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2022
The association between occupational asbestos exposure with the risk of incidence and mortality from prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
…methodological quality appeared to yield elevated SIRs or SMRs. This systematic review and meta-analysis provides evidence that men with occupational asbestos exposure have a PCa incidence and mortality similar to that of the general population…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2023
Occupational asbestos exposure and urinary bladder cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
…observed no difference in the subgroup analysis for countries and no direct publication bias evidence. There is evidence that workers with occupational asbestos exposure have a bladder cancer incidence and mortality similar to the general population.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
Setting new standards for epidemiological research on mesothelioma
…control study. Controls were resected lung cancer cases, who represent less advanced disease and would be expected to have higher fibre burdens than the general population. Sample retrieval among controls was 262/420 (62.4%). They…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
Kinesin family members KIF11 and KIF23 as potential therapeutic targets in malignant pleural mesothelioma
…measurements are reported in this article. Gene-activity testing showed both genes highly active in most of 13 tumor samples from Toronto General Hospital and in four mesothelioma cell lines, but low in a normal mesothelial…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Comparison of exposure assessment methods for occupational carcinogens in a multi-centre lung cancer case-control study
…re-applied to all study subjects. Third, an independent general population JEM (GPJEM) was created by occupational exposure experts not involved in the original study, and applied to study subjects. Results from these methods were compared…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Occupational exposure and laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer risk in central and eastern Europe
…For laryngeal cancer, the odds ratio for ever exposure to asbestos in general was 0.86 (95% CI 0.51 to 1.45), and for chrysotile asbestos it was 0.78 (0.44 to 1.40…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2000
Occupational exposures and pancreatic cancer: a meta-analysis
…statistical test showed significant variation between these studies. Twenty populations compared with general-population rates gave a statistically significant ratio of 1.2 (1.0 to 1.5), while four case-control populations gave 0.7…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2003
Estimating exposures in the asphalt industry for an international epidemiological cohort study of cancer risk
…companies enrolled in the cohort, plus the Swedish asphalt paving industry in general. Most companies were engaged in road paving and asphalt mixing, but some also participated in general construction and roofing. Coal tar use was…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Lung fibre burden in lung cancer cases employed in the rock and slag wool industry
…dry lung. Asbestos fibres were found in 16 cases in minor amounts, described by the authors as similar to general-population levels. Lung fibre levels did not follow estimated exposure to MMVF or asbestos, and age…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
A case-control study of lung cancer nested in a cohort of European asphalt workers
…risk. A sizable proportion of the excess mortality from lung cancer relative to the general population observed in the earlier cohort phase is likely attributable to high tobacco consumption and possibly to coal tar exposure, whereas…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2014
Occupational and environmental exposures and cancers in developing countries
…The authors concluded that asbestos's health consequences are being underestimated in these countries and that banning asbestos mining, manufacture and general use is imperative. They called their review not exhaustive and noted remaining knowledge gaps.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2022
Quantitative Assessment of Asbestos Fibers in Normal and Pathological Pleural Tissue-A Scoping Review
pleural mesothelioma is a rare cancer in the general population, but it is more common in subjects occupationally exposed to asbestos. Studies with asbestos fiber quantification in pleural tissue are scarce: for this reason, we aimed…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
Updated mortality study of a cohort of asbestos textile workers
Limited information is available on risk of peritoneal mesothelioma after asbestos exposure, and in general on the risk of cancer after cessation of asbestos exposure. We updated to 2013 the follow-up of a cohort of…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2017
Exposure-Response Analyses of Asbestos and Lung Cancer Subtypes in a Pooled Analysis of Case-Control Studies
…asbestos exposure and assessed the joint effect of asbestos exposure and smoking by sex and lung cancer subtype in general population studies. We pooled 14 case-control studies conducted in 1985-2010 in Europe and Canada…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2016
Mesothelioma among Motor Vehicle Mechanics: An Updated Review and Meta-analysis
…issue, we conducted a new systematic review and meta-analysis. A comprehensive PubMed literature search through May 2014 was conducted to identify studies that reported relative risk estimates for mesothelioma among motor vehicle mechanics (in general)…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Occupational exposure to dusts and risk of renal cell carcinoma
…multi-center, hospital-based renal case-control study. General occupational histories and job-specific questionnaires were reviewed by occupational hygienists for subject-specific information. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) between RCC risk…