1,676 results for “General Electric”, page 42 of 84
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
Impact of malignant mesothelioma in Taiwan: a 27-year review of population-based cancer registry data
…7.6 for males and 13.5 for females. Compared with the age- and sex-matched general population, the authors estimated 14.2 expected years of life lost per case (95% confidence interval 12.8 to…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2015
Estimation of an optimal chemotherapy utilization rate for malignant pleural mesothelioma: an evidence-based benchmark for cancer care
…followed. The authors combined guideline recommendations with published figures on how many patients had operable disease, good general fitness (performance status) and severe other illnesses. The model found chemotherapy was recommended in 65% of patients, mostly…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Asbestos exposure during uncontrolled removal of sprayed-on asbestos
…bronchoalveolar lavage (lung-washing) fluid held 349 and 50 asbestos bodies per milliliter, versus under 1 expected in people of the general population without obvious asbestos exposure, and all fibers analyzed by electron microscopy were amosite…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2015
An unjustified prognosis of the number of asbestos-related lung cancer cases caused by an increase in airborne asbestos concentrations as a result of removing of asbestos-cement products
…a 2014 article by Hajok and colleagues. That article estimated lung cancer cases in the general Polish population from asbestos exposure during removal and disposal of asbestos-cement products. The letter's authors argued that published…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
The case for a global ban on asbestos
…cancer and mesothelioma. They described industry-sponsored "product defense" science. They cited a court document stating that General Motors, Ford and Chrysler paid almost $37 million between 2001 and 2008 to scientist-consultants. They reported that…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
Ban all production and export of chrysotile asbestos
…that importing countries offer weak or no worker protection, and that exposure of the general population is likely extensive and impossible to document. The author stated that Canadian chrysotile exports are directly responsible for the deaths…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2013
Asbestos-related pleural disease
…plaques. The article did not name the type of asbestos fiber he was exposed to. His physician was Irving Selikoff. The rest of the article was a general overview, with a bibliography, of asbestos history, fiber…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
Prospective study of asbestos-related diseases incidence cases in primary health care in an area of Barcelona province
…mesothelioma, asbestos-related pulmonary carcinoma, asbestosis and pleural plaques. General practitioners were to refer suspected cases to a respiratory specialist for confirmation. Trained researchers were then to interview patients or relatives about exposure source (work, family…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
Review of carbon nanotubes toxicity and exposure--appraisal of human health risk assessment based on open literature
…which the authors read as pointing to a possible risk for workers. Estimated environmental air levels were much lower than the 0.25 µg/m3 level derived for the general public. In the reviewed animal studies…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2015
Analysis of asbestos concentration in 20 cases of pseudomesotheliomatous lung cancer
…at least one sample above 20 per gram of wet tissue, while six were within the 0 to 20 per gram the authors expected in the general population. Uncoated asbestos was found in all 20 cases…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Mesothelioma in an individual following exposure to crocidolite-containing gaskets as a teenager
…per gram of deparaffinized (wax-removed) wet tissue. Two of the authors' laboratories use 20 or fewer per gram of wet tissue as the general-population level. Electron microscopy at 15,000 times magnification detected only…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2014
Flex-rigid pleuroscopy under local anesthesia in patients with dry pleural dissemination on radiography
…mesothelioma in 2 and chronic inflammation in 3. The remaining patient was suspected of malignant pleural mesothelioma and was diagnosed with it after a second biopsy under general anesthesia. Two dry-group patients had minor complications…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
A novel approach: transumbilical endoscopic exploration and biopsy for patients with unknown ascites
…Medical University, Harbin, China. After the patient underwent general anesthesia and artificial pneumoperitoneum, a 1.0-cm trocar was placed at the umbilical region. After initial observation of the whole peritoneal cavity with a laparoscope, a…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Solid cancer mortality associated with chronic external radiation exposure at the French atomic energy commission and nuclear fuel company
…the mean cumulative dose was 12.1 mSv. Mortality rates for all causes and all solid cancers were both significantly lower in this cohort than in the general population. A significant excess of deaths from pleural…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2019
Long-term pulmonary exposure to multi-walled carbon nanotubes promotes breast cancer metastatic cascades
…days, exposed mice had lung inflammation, granulomatous lesions and fibrosis, with no significant change in general health. Mouse breast cancer cells were then implanted in five mice per group. Tumour growth did not differ between groups…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Clinical impact of extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant pleural mesothelioma
…afterward; the median mental score went from 45 (29 patients) to 19 at 24 months (10 patients), though general health stayed above baseline (20 versus 25). Respiratory-questionnaire scores returned to preoperative levels after 24 months…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Volumetry: an alternative to assess therapy response for malignant pleural mesothelioma?
…a low interobserver agreement for tumour response classification (general κ 0.33). Only 14 patients were classified equally. A high inter-rater reliability (0.99) and interobserver agreement (general κ 0.9) were found for absolute…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
Intensity-modulated radiation therapy with simultaneous integrated boost in unresected left-sided pleural mesothelioma: a case report
…the patient underwent chemotherapy with pemetrexed. Three years from the diagnosis, the patient is alive and in good general condition. He only takes prednisone 5 mg/daily for exertional dyspnea. To the best of our knowledge…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2013
Asbestos and lung cancer: what we know
…than fourfold increased risk. These studies had been criticized for comparing insulators with the U.S. general population and for not adjusting for smoking. The new study followed 2,377 insulators with chest X-ray, spirometric…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2013
Letter to the Editor re Bernstein et al: Health risk of chrysotile revisited. Crit Rev Toxicol, 2013; 43(2): 154-183
…and millers with pleural mesothelioma than in miners without asbestos-related disease. Churg and Wiggs (1986) found long chrysotile fibers in the lungs of many exposed workers but few general-population controls. Rogers and colleagues (1991)…