973 results for “General Electric”, page 7 of 49
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Medical study · Medical research · 2005
Malignant pleural mesothelioma: a case report
This article reports a single patient's case, followed by a general review of asbestos-related diseases. An 86-year-old woman came to the Logan College of Chiropractic clinic with 3 months of right-sided…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1978
Asbestos exposure and related neoplasia. The 28 year experience of a major urban hospital
This was a retrospective review of hospital records for all 49 patients diagnosed with asbestosis at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston from 1945 through 1972. Asbestosis was confirmed by tissue examination in 36 patients and diagnosed…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2002
Immunohistochemistry in the distinction between malignant mesothelioma and pulmonary adenocarcinoma: a critical evaluation of new antibodies
This laboratory study, based on archived tissue at Southampton General Hospital, tested whether newer antibody stains could help pathologists tell malignant mesothelioma apart from lung adenocarcinoma. The authors stained tissue from 41 malignant mesotheliomas (1990 to…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2001
Promoter methylation of DAP-kinase: association with advanced stage in non-small cell lung cancer
…NSCLC). One hundred and eighty-five patients diagnosed with NSCLC undergoing surgical resection from June, 1992 through December, 1996 at Massachusetts General Hospital participated in this study. Methylation-Specific PCR (MSP), performed using fresh-frozen tissue…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1982
Ovarian cancer and talc: a case-control study
Opportunities for genital exposure to talc were assessed in 215 white females with epithelial ovarian cancers and in 215 control women from the general population matched by age, race, and residence. Ninety-two (42.8%) cases…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1993
Imaging of the pleura
This article was a review by a radiologist at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver General Hospital. It summarized published research on imaging of pleural disease: fluid around the lung, empyema (infection), focal disease such…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2009
Mesothelioma risk and environmental exposure to asbestos: past and future trends in Japan
Although asbestos has been widely distributed in the environment, health risks due to general environmental exposure to asbestos have not been estimated. Future mesothelioma risk from environmental exposure to asbestos in Japan was estimated by comparing…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Cancer incidence among Australian nuclear industry workers
This retrospective cohort study compared cancer rates among workers at the Lucas Heights Science and Technology Centre with rates in the general New South Wales (NSW) population. Of 7,076 workers employed 1957 to 1998, the…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
Loss of heterozygosity of chromosome 3p21 is associated with mutant TP53 and better patient survival in non-small-cell lung cancer
This study examined tumors from a random subset of 260 patients with surgically removable non-small-cell lung cancer treated at Massachusetts General Hospital from November 1992 through December 1996. The authors looked for loss of…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1989
The epidemiology and pathogenesis of malignant mesothelioma
In this brief review, the author set out to describe the general epidemiologic features of malignant mesothelioma of the pleura and peritoneum and to summarize understanding of how these tumors develop. He stated that, apart from…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2000
Occupational lung cancer risk for men in Germany: results from a pooled case-control study
This study pooled two German case-control studies (1988 to 1996): 3,498 men with lung cancer and 3,541 men from the general population. Lifelong job and smoking histories were collected; experts rated workplace exposures…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2015
Cancer Attributable to Asbestos Exposure in Shipbreaking Workers: A Matched-Cohort Study
…followed 4,427 former shipbreaking workers in Taiwan, members of the 1985 Kaohsiung Shipbreaking Workers Union, and 22,135 general-population controls matched by age, sex and living area. All were linked to the Taiwan Cancer…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2024
No causal association between pneumoconiosis and three inflammatory immune diseases: a Mendelian randomization study
…condition causes another. The authors used published summary-level genetic data from people of European origin. They tested whether pneumoconiosis in general, and separately 'pneumoconiosis due to asbestos and other mineral fibers' (235 cases, 216,866…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2018
Cancer incidence in a cohort of asbestos-exposed workers undergoing health surveillance
To compare a local cohort of 2488 men occupationally exposed to asbestos and enrolled in a public health surveillance program with the 1995-2009 cancer incidence of the general population of Friuli Venezia Giulia (FVG) region…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2021
Experiences of healthcare professionals with support for mesothelioma patients and their relatives: Identified gaps and improvements for care
…professionals and other stakeholders, including medical oncologists, a psychologist, a general practitioner and patient organisation representatives, about psychosocial support and palliative care for mesothelioma patients and their relatives. One participant was from abroad. Interviews took place…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2022
Understanding clinical decision-making in mesothelioma care: a mixed methods study
…for malignant pleural mesothelioma. It was carried out at three National Health Service trusts in South England between March 2019 and March 2021: one tertiary cancer centre and two district general hospitals. The authors reviewed care…
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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 · 2022
Asbestos exposure and mesothelioma mortality among atomic veterans
…ground nuclear weapons test series. Deaths through 2010 were compared with those expected from U.S. general population rates. Enlisted sailors' exposure was judged from Navy job titles ("ratings") and pay grades; officers were classed by…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2018
Potential asbestos exposure among patients with primary lung cancer in Japan
…for workers, the study subjects may contain a higher proportion of workers than the general population. Pleural plaques were identified in 12.8% of subjects (15.8% in males and 4.9% in females), consisting exclusively…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1953
Asbestosis And Bronchogenic Carcinoma: Report Of One Autopsied Case And Review Of The Available Literature
…reviewed published literature on asbestos exposure and lung cancer. The patient was a 41-year-old asbestos mill worker admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital in April 1951. He had worked about twelve years in a mill…