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Subject: Asbestos burden predicts survival in pleural mesothelioma.
[1]Environ Health Perspect. 2008 Jun; 116(6): 723-6
Christensen BC, Godleski JJ, Roelofs CR, Longacker JL, Bueno R, Sugarbaker DJ, Marsit CJ, Nelson HH, Kelsey KT
BACKGROUND: Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rapidly fatal asbestos-associated malignancy with a median survival time of 1,099), suggested a survival duration association among these groups (p = 0.06). After adjusting for covariates in a Cox model, we found that patients with a low asbestos burden had a 3-fold elevated risk of death compared to patients with a moderate fiber burden [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.95-9.5; p = 0.06], and patients with a high asbestos burden had a 4.8-fold elevated risk of death (95% CI, 1.5-15.0; p
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From: HubMed - mesothelioma diagnosis <rssfwd@rssfwd.com>
To: shell8377@yahoo.com
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 4:32:26 AM
Subject: Asbestos burden predicts survival in pleural mesothelioma.
[1]Environ Health Perspect. 2008 Jun; 116(6): 723-6
Christensen BC, Godleski JJ, Roelofs CR, Longacker JL, Bueno R, Sugarbaker DJ, Marsit CJ, Nelson HH, Kelsey KT
BACKGROUND: Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rapidly fatal asbestos-associated malignancy with a median survival time of 1,099), suggested a survival duration association among these groups (p = 0.06). After adjusting for covariates in a Cox model, we found that patients with a low asbestos burden had a 3-fold elevated risk of death compared to patients with a moderate fiber burden [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.95-9.5; p = 0.06], and patients with a high asbestos burden had a 4.8-fold elevated risk of death (95% CI, 1.5-15.0; p
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Source: http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18560526
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