Pleural Mesothelioma Surveillance: Validity of Cases from a Tumour Registry | Zendy

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Pleural Mesothelioma Surveillance: Validity of Cases from a Tumour Registry

Author(s) -

France Labrèche,

Bruce W. Case,

Gaston Ostiguy,

Jean Chalaoui,

Michel Camus,

Jack Siemiatycki

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

canadian respiratory journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.675

H-Index - 53

eISSN - 1916-7245

pISSN - 1198-2241

DOI - 10.1155/2012/650935

Subject(s) - mesothelioma , medicine , asbestos , pathology , pleural disease , radiology , respiratory disease , lung , materials science , metallurgy

Pleural mesothelioma is a rare tumour associated with exposure to asbestos fibres. Fewer than than one-quarter of cases registered in the Quebec Tumour Registry (QTR) have been compensated as work-related. While establishing a surveillance system, this led to questioning as to whether there has been over-registration of cases that are not authentic pleural mesotheliomas in the QTR.

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