Role of asbestos clearance in explaining long-term risk of pleural and peritoneal cancer: a pooled analysis of cohort studies.
Francesco Barone-AdesiDaniela FerranteElisabetta ChelliniEnzo MerlerVenere PavoneStefano SilvestriLucia MiligiGiuseppe GoriniVittoria BressanPaolo GirardiLaura AnconaElisa RomeoFerdinando LubertoOrietta SalaCorrado ScarnatoSimona MenegozzoEnrico OddoneSara TunesiPatrizia PerticaroliAldo PettinariFrancesco CuccaroStefania CurtiAntonio BaldassarreTiziana CenaAlessia AngeliniAlessandro MarinaccioDario MirabelliMarina MustiRoberta PirastuAlessandra RanucciCorrado Magnaninull nullPublished in: Occupational and environmental medicine (2020)
Rates of pleural cancer do not increase indefinitely after the exposure to asbestos, but eventually reach a plateau. This trend is well described by a model accounting for a gradual elimination of the asbestos fibres. These results are relevant for the prediction of future rates of mesothelioma and in asbestos litigations.