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Differential Susceptibility of Human Pleural and Peritoneal Mesothelial Cells to Asbestos Exposure.
Journal of cellular biochemistry - 1 Aug 2015
Dragon Julie, Thompson Joyce, MacPherson Maximilian, Shukla Arti
Abstract excerpt
Malignant mesothelioma (MM) is an aggressive cancer of mesothelial cells of pleural and peritoneal cavities. In 85% of cases both pleural and peritoneal MM is caused by asbestos exposure. Although both are asbestos-induced cancers, the incidence of pleural MM is significantly higher (85%) than peritoneal MM (15%). It has been proposed that carcinogenesis is a result of asbestos-induced inflammation but it is not...
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