Pleural Mesothelioma Surveillance: Validity of Cases from a Tumour Registry

Pleural Mesothelioma Surveillance: Validity of Cases from a Tumour Registry

BACKGROUND: Pleural mesothelioma is a rare tumour associated with exposure to asbestos fibres. Fewer than than one-quarter of cases registered in the Quebec Tumour Registry (QTR) have been compensated as work-related. While establishing a surveillance system, this led to questioning as to whether th...

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Main Authors: France Labrèche, Bruce W Case, Gaston Ostiguy, Jean Chalaoui, Michel Camus, Jack Siemiatycki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/650935
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spelling doaj-0e330f5e343d45b0a5a474192e39e9cd2021-07-02T05:58:50ZengHindawi LimitedCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22412012-01-0119210310710.1155/2012/650935Pleural Mesothelioma Surveillance: Validity of Cases from a Tumour RegistryFrance Labrèche0Bruce W Case1Gaston Ostiguy2Jean Chalaoui3Michel Camus4Jack Siemiatycki5Institut national de santé publique du Québec, CanadaDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, CanadaMcGill University Health Centre – Montreal Chest Institute, CanadaCentre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal – Hôpital Notre-Dame, Montréal, Québec, CanadaDé partement de santé environnementale et santé au travail, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montréal, CanadaFaculté de médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, CanadaBACKGROUND: Pleural mesothelioma is a rare tumour associated with exposure to asbestos fibres. Fewer than than one-quarter of cases registered in the Quebec Tumour Registry (QTR) have been compensated as work-related. While establishing a surveillance system, this led to questioning as to whether there has been over-registration of cases that are not authentic pleural mesotheliomas in the QTR.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/650935
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Michel Camus
Jack Siemiatycki
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Bruce W Case
Gaston Ostiguy
Jean Chalaoui
Michel Camus
Jack Siemiatycki
Pleural Mesothelioma Surveillance: Validity of Cases from a Tumour Registry
Canadian Respiratory Journal
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Bruce W Case
Gaston Ostiguy
Jean Chalaoui
Michel Camus
Jack Siemiatycki
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title Pleural Mesothelioma Surveillance: Validity of Cases from a Tumour Registry
title_short Pleural Mesothelioma Surveillance: Validity of Cases from a Tumour Registry
title_full Pleural Mesothelioma Surveillance: Validity of Cases from a Tumour Registry
title_fullStr Pleural Mesothelioma Surveillance: Validity of Cases from a Tumour Registry
title_full_unstemmed Pleural Mesothelioma Surveillance: Validity of Cases from a Tumour Registry
title_sort pleural mesothelioma surveillance: validity of cases from a tumour registry
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Canadian Respiratory Journal
issn 1198-2241
publishDate 2012-01-01
description BACKGROUND: Pleural mesothelioma is a rare tumour associated with exposure to asbestos fibres. Fewer than than one-quarter of cases registered in the Quebec Tumour Registry (QTR) have been compensated as work-related. While establishing a surveillance system, this led to questioning as to whether there has been over-registration of cases that are not authentic pleural mesotheliomas in the QTR.
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