321 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 17
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Medical study · Medical research · 2015
Case report: peritoneal mesothelioma from asbestos in hairdryers
…a blow dryer 1 to 2 feet from her face. She reported using only asbestos-containing hairdryer models (Conair, General Electric, Gillette) from 1976 to 1982. The article lists chrysotile as a keyword but does not…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1995
Mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis testis with possible occupational asbestos exposure
…a man with possible occupational asbestos exposure. A 45-year-old white man who had worked in an electrical power plant developed a painless mass in the right testicle. He was first treated for presumed epididymitis…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2021
Asbestos Exposure and Malignant Mesothelioma in Construction Workers-Epidemiological Remarks by the Italian National Mesothelioma Registry (ReNaM)
…8% to 23.9%. Among 2310 cases exposed only in construction, most exposures were in general building construction, with others in plumbing and electrical installation. Cases occurred across the whole country. The authors concluded that a…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2023
Mongolia: Failure of Total Banning of Asbestos
…After the banning of asbestos, thermal power plants told the government that they could not produce electricity without insulation of AMCs and substitution materials were economically not feasible. Due to pressure from the energy sector and…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2023
The Brazilian System for Monitoring Workers and General Population Exposed to Asbestos: Development, Challenges, and Opportunities for Workers' Health Surveillance
…especially in lower-income countries. This paper aims to present the recently developed Brazilian system for monitoring workers and general population exposed to asbestos (Datamianto), and to discuss the main challenges and opportunities for workers' health…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2022
Lung Cancer and Pleural Mesothelioma Risk Assessment for the General Population Exposed to Asbestos in Different Regions of Tehran, Iran
This study did not count actual cases of disease. It used air-monitoring results to estimate cancer risk for the general population of Tehran, Iran. The authors took yearly average outdoor asbestos fiber concentrations for 2011…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
Malignant pleural mesothelioma: genome-wide expression patterns reflecting general resistance mechanisms and a proposal of novel targets
…explain resistance against immunological therapies. Gene expression features found in other resistant cancer types related to DNA repair and replication are shared by mesothelioma and could represent general features of tumour resistance. Targeted suppression of some…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Polymorphisms in DNA repair genes as risk factors for asbestos-related malignant mesothelioma in a general population study
This population-based case-control study asked whether inherited variants in four DNA repair genes (XRCC1, XRCC3, XPD and OGG1) were linked to malignant mesothelioma of the pleura. It was set in Casale Monferrato, Italy, where an asbestos cement…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2018
Asbestos Exposures, Mesothelioma Incidence and Mortality, and Awareness by General Practitioners in the Molise Region, Central Italy
…mesothelioma incidence and mortality, and awareness on asbestos-related diseases (ARDs) by general practitioners (GPs) in Molise Region. The contaminated sites in three towns were identified by census; mesothelioma incidence (2000 to 2012) and mortality (2003…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1995
Detection of mineral fibre carcinogenicity with the intraperitoneal test--recent results and their validity
The general experimental design of intraperitoneal (i.p.) carcinogenicity studies with inorganic fibres in rats is described. In a current study, in addition to glass microfibres, size-separated fine respirable fractions of commercial insulation wools (MMVF…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1973
Asbestos fibre in the lung and mesothelioma. A re-examination of the Malmö material
An examination of general lung tissue with an electron microscope for asbestos fibres is reported. The 65 cases examined consisted of 33 cases of pleural and peritoneal mesothelioma and 32 control cases. Asbestos fibres were found…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2021
Malignant pleural mesothelioma in a patient with pneumothorax: A cumbersome subtype both clinically and pathologically
This case report from Takatsuki General Hospital, Japan, described one patient whose malignant pleural mesothelioma the authors found very hard to diagnose. A 62-year-old woman had undergone surgery for recurrent pneumothorax (collapsed lung) on…
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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 · 2018
Glypican-1 immunohistochemistry does not separate mesothelioma from pulmonary adenocarcinoma
This laboratory study from Vancouver General Hospital in Canada tested whether a tissue stain for a protein called glypican-1 could help pathologists tell pleural mesothelioma apart from pulmonary (lung) adenocarcinoma. These two cancers can look…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1996
Parental cancer and genetic predisposition in malignant pleural mesothelioma: a case-control study
This case-control study at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Boston, asked whether people with pleural mesothelioma more often had a parent with cancer. The authors compared 39 MGH patients with histologically confirmed pleural mesothelioma, treated from…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2013
Diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma
This case report from Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, described one patient with diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma, a cancer of the abdominal lining. The patient was a 54-year-old male construction worker admitted with two…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1989
Diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma in an urban hospital: clinical spectrum and trend in incidence over time
This retrospective review covered coded mesothelioma patients at Massachusetts General Hospital from 1973 through 1986. Of 75 cases, 64 were diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma; four peritoneal and seven benign fibrous cases were not analyzed. Of the…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
Are current or future mesothelioma epidemics in Hong Kong the tragic legacy of uncontrolled use of asbestos in the past?
This ecologic study examined mesothelioma in Hong Kong's general population. It used Hong Kong Cancer Registry records and asbestos trade figures (all fiber types combined, per person per year, 1960–2006). From 1976 to 2006…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1989
Palliation of malignant ascites with a Tenckhoff catheter
This was a case report of one patient from the General Hospital, Birmingham. A 60-year-old man had a month of growing abdominal swelling and a painful, swollen right scrotum. For 20 years he had…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1975
Proceedings: Asbestos carcinogenesis
This summary of a talk at the 16th Annual General Meeting of the British Association for Cancer Research reviewed cancers in people exposed to asbestos dust and whether they were linked to specific fibre types. Lung…