985 results for “General Electric”, page 26 of 50
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Medical study · Medical research · 2008
Modelling prevalence and incidence of fibrosis and pleural plaques in asbestos-exposed populations for screening and follow-up: a cross-sectional study
…not duration, should be included in high-risk definitions for screening. They also concluded that short-interval CT follow-up for plaques seemed not warranted. They noted the volunteers were not representative of the general population.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1979
Asbestos-associated neoplasms of B cell lineage
…combined incidence of these two cancers was 7.7 per cent. The authors said this appeared much greater than in the general South African population, but that the number of patients was too small for epidemiologic…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2001
Case-control study on lung cancer and residential radon in western Germany
…7 (95 percent CI 1.4 to 2.0). Adjusting for it did not change the radon results. The authors concluded that their results suggest residential radon contributes to lung cancer risk in the general population.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2003
Lung cancer screening with low-dose CT
…subjects are required to demonstrate a possible mortality reduction. Only then general recommendations to screen individuals at risk of lung cancer with low-dose CT should be made. It can be hoped that international cooperation will…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1990
Human risk assessment of carcinogens from an administrative perspective
…animal data, or positive in vitro data, especially from human or mammalian cells. Although low-exposure cancer risk to the general population cannot be proven, they concluded the risk must be minimized. Asbestos regulations, they noted…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1987
An investigation of the potential biohazards associated with asbestos-substitute casting ring liners
…The wet ceramic and asbestos liners released similar, smaller numbers. In general, the most fibers were collected during placement. Electron microscope images showed ceramic fibers about 50 to 80 micrometers long and 1 to 1.5…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1997
Drinking water and cancer
…water. The author also noted suggested elevations of gastric, kidney and pancreas cancers that warranted further investigation. The author named small relative risks and the difficulty of estimating past exposures as general problems in this research.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1973
Asbestos cancer: past and future hazards
…affect how far fibers penetrate the lung. The author concluded that the dose needed to raise lung cancer risk materially was likely well above what the general public had encountered. The author also noted that smoking…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2001
Expression and integrity of DNA topoisomerase II isoforms does not explain generic drug resistance in malignant mesothelioma
…suggested highly expressed MRP may play a role in mesothelioma's general resistance. The authors concluded that this mutation may be associated with extreme etoposide resistance and that mesothelioma's general drug resistance needs further investigation.
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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 · 2007
Pemetrexed disodium in combination with cisplatin versus other cytotoxic agents or supportive care for the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma
…Folic acid and vitamin B12 supplements lowered some of them. The authors concluded the combination with these supplements may improve survival in patients in good general condition. They noted several limits: only fitter patients took part…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1983
Assessment of the epidemiological data relating lung cancer to air pollution
…cancer likely greater than zero but unlikely to exceed 2% of all lung cancers, or 5 per 100,000 cases in urban males. The author concluded there was no reason to repeat such general-population studies.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2015
Treatment patterns and survival analysis in 9014 patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma from Belgium, the Netherlands and England
…this difference is probably overrated because of selection bias. They noted that treatment definitions differed between countries and that data on other illnesses and general fitness were missing. The authors concluded that chemotherapy has become standard…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1987
Mechanisms of macrophage accumulation in the lungs of asbestos-exposed subjects
…more local multiplication contribute. Comparisons among subgroups of workers found no statistically significant differences in these markers, but the authors noted too few had abnormal lung function for general conclusions comparing those with and without asbestosis.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1979
Historical background to the asbestos problem
…with the Cape asbestos field, and Doll's 1955 finding that men employed 20 or more years at a large asbestos works had 10 times the general population's lung cancer risk. The authors concluded that…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1993
The production of TNF-alpha and IL-1-like activity by bronchoalveolar leucocytes after intratracheal instillation of crocidolite asbestos
…both substances. The authors noted that low-level endotoxin in culture media could have contributed to background release. They concluded that, in general, asbestos exposure increased production of both substances, with short-term variations after instillation.
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Medical study · Medical research · 1979
Greater public awareness of health hazards of asbestos exposure
…lining work. People over 50 became more aware, but manual laborers still lagged behind the general population. Understanding that asbestos illness may take more than 20 years to develop improved substantially but remained low. The item…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1989
Familial mesothelioma: a report of two families
…asbestos bodies per gram of wet lung tissue. This was well within the lower limits seen in the general urban population with no occupational history of asbestos exposure. The authors concluded that genetic factors may be…
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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 · 2012
Desmoplastic malignant mesothelioma originating from the peritoneum
…The article did not say whether this patient had been exposed to asbestos. It mentioned asbestos only as a known general risk factor, and the authors wrote that the link between peritoneal mesothelioma and asbestos is…