Cancer Epidemiology, University of Eastern Piedmont and CPO-Piemonte, Novara, Italy.
Med Lav. 2013 May-Jun;104(3):191-202.
Malignant mesothelioma is closely connected to asbestos exposure, with epidemiological patterns closely reshaping the geography and history of asbestos exposure. Mechanisms of causation and of interaction of asbestos fibres with pleura are complex and currently not yet completely understood. Curative efforts so far provided little results. Italy shows one of the highest incidence of MM and developed a network of specialized cancer registries in order to monitor disease occurrence and describe its epidemiology in details. The second Italian Consensus Conference on Pleural Mesothelioma convened in Torino on November 24th-25th, 2011. Besides the main consensus report summarizing the contribution of the different expertises, that was published elsewhere, the participants in 'Public Health and Epidemiology' section decided to report in major details the evidence and the conclusions regarding epidemiology, causative mechanisms and the public health impact of the disease.
恶性间皮瘤与石棉暴露密切相关，其流行病学模式密切重塑了石棉暴露的地理和历史。石棉纤维的致病机制和与胸膜的相互作用非常复杂，目前尚未完全了解。迄今为止，治疗效果甚微。意大利的 MM 发病率最高之一，并建立了专门的癌症登记网络，以监测疾病的发生并详细描述其流行病学。2011 年 11 月 24 日至 25 日，第二次意大利胸膜间皮瘤共识会议在都灵召开。除了主要的共识报告总结了不同专业的贡献，该报告发表在其他地方外，“公共卫生和流行病学”部分的参与者决定详细报告流行病学、病因机制以及疾病对公共健康的影响方面的证据和结论。
