Malignant mesothelioma (MM) is a rare, aggressive, and highly lethal cancer that is
substantially induced by exposure to asbestos fibers. High‐mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) is …

Pleural mesothelioma (PM), a rare malignant tumor explicitly associated with asbestos and
erionite exposures, has become a global health problem due to limited treatment options …

The association between asbestos exposure, mainly in occupational settings, and malignant
mesothelioma has been well established; this has prompted several countries to establish …

In the last decades, it has been widely demonstrated the risk to human health related to
asbestos fibres exposure. Many studies have mainly focused on the mineralogical and …

Erionite is a non-asbestos fibrous zeolite classified by the International Agency for Research
on Cancer (IARC) as a Group 1 carcinogen and is considered today similar to or even more …

Although the management of emerging environmental risks has received more attention
recently, planning and public policy scholars have not yet generated consensus on …

Background Asbestosis and silicosis are preventable fibrotic forms of pneumoconiosis.
Decades ago, the World Health Organization began prevention campaigns for eliminating …

Background Mesothelioma is a malignant neoplasm with a poor survival rate. We aimed to
investigate the importance of BAP1, MTAP (IHC), and p16/CDKN2A homozygous deletion …

Apart from living near an asbestos industry site, mine, or in an asbestos-contaminated
house, environmental asbestos exposure is observed in certain regions where the (natural) …

Purpose The aim of this study is to determine the diagnostic performances of pleural
procedures in undiagnosed exudative pleural effusions and to evaluate factors suggestive of …