Standardized incidence ratios of malignant neoplasms among patients with pneumoconiosis.
Tatsuya MichibataTakashi YorifujiPublished in: Occupational medicine (Oxford, England) (2022)
Compared with the general population, patients with pneumoconiosis had an increased risk of malignant neoplasms of the digestive system in addition to lung cancer. Clinicians should consider testing for digestive system cancers as well as for lung cancers in these patients.