The article Mollo and colleagues
[1] examines the criteria for the distribution of lung cancer to asbestos
exposure, suggesting that the number of cases of lung cancer associated with
asbestos in Italy ,
may be underestimated. Your review of 924 consecutive lobectomies and
pneumonectomies for lung cancer in the North West of Italy covers light
microscopic counts the victims of asbestos concentration of asbestos bodies in
addition to the histological examination of asbestosis and asbestos bodies.
Their interpretation is that 6% of lung cancers attributable to asbestos
exposure in their series are due to the histological diagnosis of asbestosis.
However, they also found that an additional 0.5% of cases had interstitial
fibrosis without asbestos bodies in histological section, but a high
concentration of asbestos bodies digestion study. Mollo and colleagues [1] the
possibility that these cases can also lung cancer associated with asbestos.
Pleural mesothelioma and lung
cancer are caused by asbestos various cancers. These cancers start in different
places, but cause similar symptoms, such as chest pain and shortness of breath.
Similar tools are used to diagnose cancer, but different treatment plans.
