22 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 2
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Medical study · Medical research · 1997
Videothoracoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma with associated pleural effusions
This retrospective review covered 46 patients at Valencia University General Hospital, Spain, diagnosed from 1985 to 1994 with pleural mesothelioma and fluid around the lung (pleural effusion), and examined with a camera inserted into the chest…
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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 · 2020
Talc exposure and risk of stomach cancer: Systematic review and meta-analysis of occupational cohort studies
…Across all forms of talc, the pooled relative risk of stomach cancer, compared with the general population, was 1.21 (95% CI 1.03 to 1.42). For talc not containing asbestiform fibers the figure was…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
Tissue burden evaluation of elongated mineral particles in two individuals with mesothelioma and whose work history included manufacturing tile
…1, and 1944 and 42 in two Case 2 samples. The laboratory's general-population upper limit for lung tissue was 20 or fewer ferruginous bodies per gram of wet tissue. Lung asbestos fiber counts, per…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Thoracoscopic palliative treatment of malignant pleural effusions: results in 273 patients
…110 (40.3%), and bilateral in 27 (9.9%). Thoracoscopy was performed under general anaesthesia in all patients. Pleural biopsy was performed in two thirds of the patients (70.7%). Pleurodesis was produced by instillation of…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2011
Respiratory illness in asbestos contaminated sites: the role of environmental exposure
…Plaques had a significant effect on forced vital capacity in males. Pleural abnormalities were less prevalent in the general population exposed after 1976. The editorial authors argued that exposure categories should consider distance from fibre sources…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1969
Asbestos and health in 1969
…found the contention that crocidolite itself causes mesothelioma difficult to accept. The author also argued that ferruginous bodies in the general public had not been proved to be asbestos, and named talc as another fiber source…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2019
Survival in patients with malignant pleural effusion undergoing talc pleurodesis
…to 2.39; 222 trial patients). The authors concluded there is an association between successful pleurodesis and survival. They called the results by no means definitive and had no data on patients' general fitness (performance status).
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Medical study · Medical research · 1981
Asbestos and other ferruginous bodies: their formation and clinical significance
…with asbestos. At the highest levels of exposure, numbers of asbestos bodies correlate in a general way with the presence of asbestosis, although no precise value has been determined above which asbestosis is always found. In…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1981
The second diagnosis: the role of the pathologist in identifying pneumoconioses in lungs excised for tumor
This short review in the journal's Current Topics section, written by a lung pathologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, argued that pathologists examining lungs removed for tumor should also make a 'second diagnosis' of disease in…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2020
A clinical evaluation and tissue fiber burden analysis of a lifetime resident of Libby, Montana with adenocarcinoma of the lung
…lifelong resident of Libby and whose history of exposure was as a member of the general population there. To our knowledge this is the first time tissue from a member of the general population of Libby…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Malignant mesothelioma incidence among talc miners and millers in New York State
…7) times the rate in the general population (P < 0.01). I conclude that: (1) mesothelioma has been diagnosed among members of the cohort at a rate in excess of that in the general population…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2010
Epidemiology of malignant mesothelioma--an outline
…the 20-year period, 1974-1994, showed a wide range of outcomes, but in general that the risk was higher in exposures which included amphiboles rather than chrysotile alone. Real progress began, however, with discoveries along…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1976
Pulmonary mineral dust. A study of ninety patients by electron microscopy, electron microanalysis, and electron microdiffraction
…of a specific type of pneumoconiosis. This method is particularly useful in differentiating between asbestos bodies and ferruginous bodies. The value of the method in general and its importance in the study of pneumoconiosis are discussed.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2009
An evaluation of potential occupational exposure to asbestiform amphiboles near a former vermiculite mine
…the potential for airborne exposure and transport of AA in the Kootenai National Forest. These findings are especially relevant to those that work in the area and to the general public who may conduct recreational activities.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2007
Can serum inflammatory parameters estimate outcome of pleurodesis in mesothelioma?
…total of 58 consecutive patients (26 men, 32 women) with malignant pleural mesothelioma underwent video-assisted thoracoscopy under general anaesthesia with monopulmonary ventilation between the years 2003 and 2006. Four grammes of asbestos-free and sterile…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Libby vermiculite exposure and risk of developing asbestos-related lung and pleural diseases
…led to huge investments in public health actions and research. The resulting studies have added much to the body of knowledge concerning health effects of exposures to Libby amphibole fibers specifically and asbestos exposure in general.
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Medical study · Medical research · 2006
Exposure matrix development for the Libby cohort
…cohort, there has not been a comprehensive approach to characterizing these varied exposure pathways. Any approach toward assessing historical exposures among this population must account for three general categories: (1) occupational exposures, (2) residential exposures, and…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2004
Mortality in a cohort of vermiculite miners exposed to fibrous amphibole in Libby, Montana
…a 14% increase in mortality for mine workers exposed occupationally to 100 f/ml.y or about 3.2% for a general population exposed for 50 years to an ambient concentration of 0.1 f/ml…
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Medical study · Medical research · 2012
Mechanisms of pleurodesis
…pleurodesis (diffuse malignant mesothelioma and metastatic lung carcinomas have a poorer response). There is general agreement that talc obtains the best results, and there are also preliminary experimental studies suggesting that it can induce apoptosis in…