Asbestos exposure, pleural plaques and digestive cancers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study was to analyse the incidence and mortality from various digestive cancer sites and their potential link with pleural plaques, in a French cohort of workers previously occupationally exposed to asbestos.

Methods

We conducted a 10-year follow-up study in 13,481 male subjects, included in the cohort between October 2003 and December 2005, for whom asbestos exposure was assessed by calculation of a cumulative exposure index (CEI) in equivalent fibres.years/mL for each subject. We conducted an incidence study and a mortality study. Complementary analysis was restricted to men who had performed at least one chest CT-scan (N = 4,794). We used a Cox model with age as the time axis variable, adjusted for smoking, time since first exposure (TSFE), CEI

SUBMITTER: Clin B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11841182 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature