Stefania Curti, Mena Gallo, Daniela Ferrante, Francesca Bella, Lorenza Boschetti, Veronica Casotto, Marcello Ceppi, Daniela Cervino, Lucia Fazzo, Ugo Fedeli, Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Lucia Giovannetti, Paolo Girardi, Cecilia Lando, Enrica Migliore, Lucia Miligi, Enrico Oddone, Vincenza Perlangeli, Roberta Pernetti, Sara Piro, Cinzia Storchi, Rosario Tumino, Amerigo Zona, Manuel Zorzi, Giovanni Brandi, Stefano Ferretti, Corrado Magnani, Alessandro Marinaccio, Stefano Mattioli
BACKGROUND: Recent studies supported the association between occupational exposure to asbestos and risk of cholangiocarcinoma (CC). Aim of the present study is to investigate this association using an update of mortality data from the Italian pooled asbestos cohort study and to test record linkage to Cancer Registries to distinguish between hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and intrahepatic/extrahepatic forms of CC. METHODS: The update of a large cohort study pooling 52 Italian industrial cohorts of workers formerly exposed to asbestos was carried out...
April 24, 2024: La Medicina del Lavoro