digonositic features of lung cancer in coal miners
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Lung Cancer in Coal
In a study of coal-miners suffering from lung cancer two features of special interest are recorded The difficulties in diagnosis are illustrated by case reports The two-year survival rate after surgical removal of the tumour is significantly better in coal-miners than in non-miners After operation 87 of coal-miners were alive two years later, compared with only 36 of other patients ,...
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Population Cancer Risks Associated with Coal Mining A ,
Aug 15, 2013 0183 32 Background Coal is produced across 25 states and provides 42 of US energy With production expected to increase 76 by 2035, proximate populations remain at risk of exposure to carcinogenic coal products such as silica dust and organic compounds It is unclear if population exposure is associated with increased risk, or even which cancers have been studied in this regard...
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CANCER INCIDENCE IN CZECH BLACK COAL MINERS IN ,
Lung cancer In the cohort PN0, 93 miners with the average age ofyears in the cohort 578 years SD = 69 were diagnosed with lung cancer In the cohortcohort PN1, lung cancer was diagnosed in 74 min-ers with the average age of 641 years SDNo significant cancer ,...
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The Diagnosis of Lung Cancer in Coal
Generally this paper deals with the same subject as the one above but it is based on experience of cases occurring among coal-miners in another coalfield in Great Britain, namely, South Wales, where the incidence of PMF is very high Details are given of 5 illustrative cas The author reaffirms from his experience that the clinical distinction between lung cancer and PMF is uncertain, for ,...
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Anthracosis Symptoms and treatment of anthracosis ,
The prevalence of this disease among miners is about 12 , and among those who work on the extraction of anthracite for more than 20 years, 50 of lung diseases suffer Among miners mining coal occupying an intermediate position in the degree of coalification between anthracite and brown coal anthracosis is rare...
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Lung Cancer in Coal
LUNG CANCER IN COAL-MINERS BY R ABBEY SMITH From the Thoracic Surgical Unit, King Edward VII Memorial Chest Hospital, Warwick received for publication NOVEMBER 5, 1958 In a study of coal-miners suffering from lung cancer two features of special interest are recorded The difficulties in diagnosis are illustrated by case reports...
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Lung cancer in miners
Thlorax 1968 , 23, 87 Lungcancerin miners DAVID J B ASHLEY From Morriston Hospital, Morriston, Swansea Theclinical, histological, and biological features of 157 lungcancers in coal miners andex-miners are presented In mostrespects-age, bronchoscopic appearances, histological type, andsymptoms-the two groups are similar Ahigh incidence of dyspnoea in the miners was attributed ,...
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Black Lung Disease Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Incidence The incidence of black lung disease had actually declined to record lows in the 1990s due to the Coal Act Since that time, the prevalence of black lung disease combining both simple and complex has increased significantly according to a 2018 study reported in the American Journal of Public Health At the current time, black lung disease is present in over 10 of miners who have ,...
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The Cancer Epidemic in Central Appalachia
Coal mine owner CV Bennett III smokes a cigarette while walking through an abandoned coal power plant in Lynch, Kentucky in October 2014 In the last few years, Bennett s workforce has dropped ,...
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Pneumoconiosis Comparison of Imaging and Pathologic ,
Jan 01, 2006 0183 32 Tissue specimens from patients with coal worker pneumoconiosis demonstrate two characteristic morphologic features coal macules , Fig 9, and progressive massive fibrosis , Fig 10,, The latter is indicated by the presence of a fibrotic mass with a diameter of more than 1 cm and with anthracotic pigmentation...
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The Diagnosis of Lung Cancer in Coal
Progressive massive fibrosis PMF -complicated pneumoconiosis-in coal-workers can closely of the lung, AM a result the differen-llal of two conditions on occasion give rise to great difficulty Several authors from various countries have recorded that patients with PMF have been wrongly diagnosed as suffering from lung cancer and subjected to pulmonary resection...
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Coalworker s pneumoconiosis
Coal workers pneumoconiosis CWP , also known as black lung disease or black lung, is caused by long-term exposure to coal dustIt is common in coal miners and others who work with coal It is similar to both silicosis from inhaling silica dust and asbestosis from inhaling asbestos dust Inhaled coal dust progressively builds up in the lungs and leads to inflammation, fibrosis, and in worse ,...
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THE DIAGNOSIS OF LUNG CANCER IN COAL
1 Br J Dis Chest 1965 Jul 59 133-40 THE DIAGNOSIS OF LUNG CANCER IN COAL-MINERS SCOTT JK PMID 14339010 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE MeSH Terms...
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Lung Cancer in Coal
Lung Cancer in Coal-Miners By R Abbey Smith Abstract In a study of coal-miners suffering from lung cancer two features of special interest are recorded The difficulties in diagnosis are illustrated by case reports The two-year survival rate after surgical removal of the tumour is significantly better in coal-miners than in non-miners...
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SOLITARY MASS IN THE LUNGS OF COAL MINERS
SOLITARY MASS IN THE LUNGS OF COAL MINERS ByJOHN LWILLIAMS, MD, and GEORGE AMOLLER, MD DANVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA OENTGENOGRAMS ofi,5aa Penn-sylvania coal miners who had worked underground more than i years showed oneormore lung masses in96percent of the anthracite miners and 38per cent of thebituminous miners Similar masses also...
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For Some Miners, Black Lung Proof Comes Only in Death ,
Oct 29, 2013 0183 32 While thousands of miners have been told by their own doctors they have a disabling form of black lung disease, coal companies are fighting that diagnosis and the roughly 1,000-a-month in ,...
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Lung disease and coal mining What pulmonologists need to ,
We estimated lung cancer risks of coal and ore miners and quarrymen among 14 251 lung cancer cases and 17 267 controls from the SYNERGY pooled case-control study, controlling for smoking and ,...
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Lung cancer among coal miners, ore miners and quarrymen ,
Lung cancer risk among miners and quarrymen as in Table 2 but with all odds ratio of the covariables listed Miners and quarrymen Coal miners Ore miners Quarrymen Control s Cases OR 95 CI Controls Cases Controls Cases OR 95 CI Controls Case s OR 95 CI Never worked as 1616 ,831 13 561100 100 ,831 13 561 100 16 ,831 13 56 1 100...
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Lung Cancer and Prevention in Mining ,
Established causes of lung cancer in mining include diesel engine exhaust, radon gas, crystalline silica, asbestos, and various metals Research conducted by the Occupational Cancer Research Centre OCRC , and funded by the Canadian Cancer Society, estimates that over 400 new cancers from mining exposures are diagnosed each year in Canada...
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Coal Miners Facing New Wave of Black Lung Disease
May 25, 2018 0183 32 Over 46 years, more than 4,600 coal miners were diagnosed with black lung Half of the cases occurred since 2000, the data showed...
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Miners lung disease Thousands may have ,
Jan 11, 2016 0183 32 Two miners who worked at Thoresby colliery, Nottinghamshire, have been diagnosed with pneumoconiosis after CT scans paid for by the UDM Both had the all-clear after X-rays at work...
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The diagnosis of lung cancer in coal
In some cases the diagnosis can be made only by thoracotomy Fletcher, 196o There have been reports of lung cancer and pneumoconiosis in autopsy series in coal-miners That by Gooding i 946 indicated that the incidence of primary lung cancer was considerably lower in miners ,...
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LUNG CANCER COAL
Brit J industr Med, 1959, 16, 318 LUNG CANCER IN COAL-MINERS BY R ABBEY SMITH Fronm the Thoracic Surgical Unit, KingEdward VIIMemorialChest Hospital, Warwick RECEIVED FOR PUBLICATION NOVEMBER 5, 1958 In astudyofcoal-miners suffering fromlungcancertwofeatures ofspecialinterest arerecorded The difficulties in diagnosis are illustrated by case reports...
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Coal Mining, Pneumoconiosis, and Lung Cancer
compared with 100 for all males The SMR for lung cancer in underground workers in coal mines other than coal-face workers was lower still-namely, 36 In a more critical study conducted in South Wales W R L James8 found lung cancer at necropsy in 54 of 1,531 non-miners but in only 33 of 1,827 coal miners Whenhe subdivided the miners...
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Reliance on coal linked with lung cancer incidence News ,
Jan 28, 2019 0183 32 The more a country relies on coal-fired power plants to generate energy, the greater the lung cancer risk is among its citizens, according to a new study from Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health The study was published on January 28, 2019 in the journal Environmental Health Most estimates of health risks from coal-fired plants have focused on levels of fine particulate matter, or PM ,...
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THE DIAGNOSIS OF LUNG CANCER IN COAL
1 Br J Dis Chest 1965 Jul 59 141-7 THE DIAGNOSIS OF LUNG CANCER IN COAL-MINERS WITH PNEUMOCONIOSIS GOLDMAN KP PMID 14339011 PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE...
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Imaging shows rising scourge of black lung in coal miners
Imaging shows rising scourge of black lung in coal miners By Brian Casey, AuntMinnie staff writer February 20, 2020-- The return of black lung disease in coal workers isn t just limited to the USIn a new study, Australian researchers used x-ray and CT to document the presentation of lung diseases in coal miners -- cases that could have been detected earlier if better screening programs ,...
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Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis and Other Mining
Coal workers pneumoconiosis CWP and other mining-related lung diseases are entirely preventable, yet continue to occur While greater attention has been given to CWP and silicosis, mining exposures cause a broad spectrum of respiratory disease, including chronic ,...
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The diagnosis of lung cancer in coal
The correct diagnosis was suggested by the rapid onset of symptoms and by the presence of finger-clubbing, both these features being more characteristic of lung cancer than of PMF Case 3 H A had worked as a gold-miner in Brazil and subsequently as a coal- miner in South Wal...
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Lung disease and coal mining what pulmonologists need to ,
Purpose of review Coal mine workers are at risk for a range of chronic respiratory diseases including coal workers pneumoconiosis, diffuse dust-related fibrosis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease The purpose of this review is to describe coal mining processes and associated exposures to inform the diagnostic evaluation of miners with respiratory symptoms...
