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7482441 
Book/Book Chapter 
Malignant mesothelioma: Asbestos exposure 
Attanoos, RL 
2020 
Springer 
Cham, Switzerland 
Occupational cancers 
363-378 
English 
Malignant mesothelioma is an uncommon cancer arising from the serosa of the pleura, peritoneum, pericardium, and tunica vaginalis testis. There have been substantial recent developments in relation to optimizing its accurate diagnosis and distinction from its mimics, understanding its molecular pathobiology and characterizing its varied causes. However, over the past five decades, there have been only modest improvements in the median overall survival of patients with the disease. Despite a better understanding of prognostic factors, malignant mesothelioma remains an almost invariably fatal cancer despite treatment. The proportion of malignant mesothelioma cases attributable to asbestos varies considerably according to fiber type, occupation and industry, tumor site, and gender. It is important to be mindful of the recent scientific literature when evaluating mesothelioma causation in extrapleural sites, in women, and in young persons because most of these cases are not likely asbestos-related cancers. These minority cases contrast with the majority of pleural mesotheliomas in men which are primarily caused by asbestos, most typically commercial amphiboles following occupational exposures. 
asbestos exposure; asbestos mineralogy; malignant mesothelioma; asbestos type; asbestos fiber counting; pulmonary asbestos analysis 
Anttila, S; Boffetta, P 
9783030307653