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Dennis Nowak1, Barbara Schmalfeldt2, Andrea Tannapfel3, Sven Mahner4.
Abstract
In 2017, ovarian cancer due to asbestos exposure was designated a new, and thereby the first, gynaecological occupational disease in Germany. Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral fibre with an annual usage in Germany of 160 000 - 180 000 metric tonnes in the 1960s and 1970s. The carcinogenicity of asbestos for the target organs lungs, larynx, pleura including pericardium, and peritoneum including tunica vaginalis testis has been clearly established for many years. Recent meta-analyses of data from cohort studies have demonstrated that the risk of ovarian cancer roughly doubles in women with occupational exposure to asbestos. Since the group of people with double the risk of developing lung cancer due to work-related asbestos exposure has a 2.25-fold increased risk of mortality from ovarian cancer on average, work-related ovarian cancer has been assigned the same recognition requirements as in occupational lung (and laryngeal) cancer. Thus, gynaecologists must obtain a thorough history of occupational exposure to asbestos, even if it may have taken place long in the past. The law mandates that suspected such cases must be reported to the Statutory Accident Insurance carrier or the State Occupational Safety and Health Agency. The Author(s). This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonDerivative-NonCommercial License, permitting copying and reproduction so long as the original work is given appropriate credit. Contents may not be used for commecial purposes, or adapted, remixed, transformed or built upon. ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ).Entities:
Keywords: asbestos; occupational disease; ovarian cancer; ovary
Year: 2021 PMID: 34035550 PMCID: PMC8137273 DOI: 10.1055/a-1361-1715
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd ISSN: 0016-5751 Impact factor: 2.915
Fig. 1Meta-analysis on the association between occupational exposure to asbestos and ovarian cancer, based on Camargo et al. (2011) and additional consideration of data from Langseth et al. (2004), Ferrante et al. (2007), Wang et al. (2013) and Oddone et al. (2014), replacement of Pira et al. (2007) with Pira et al. (2016). From 1 .
Abb. 1Metaanalyse zum Zusammenhang zwischen beruflicher Exposition gegenüber Asbest und Ovarialkarzinomen, basierend auf Camargo et al. (2011) und zusätzlicher Berücksichtigung der Daten von Langseth et al. (2004), Ferrante et al. (2007), Wang et al. (2013) und Oddone et al. (2014), Ersatz von Pira et al. (2007) durch Pira et al. (2016). Aus 1 .