Article
Potential influence of cancer history on mesothelioma incidence: an ecologic analysis in the U.S. population.
Journal of public health (Oxford, England) - 1 Dec 2025
Krevanko Callan F, Hernandez Ashley M, Gauthier Alison M, Vahora Moin S, Lewis Ryan C, Pierce Jennifer S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: There is a demand for population level research on the potential genetic-basis of mesothelioma (e.g. BRCA1-associated protein-1 [BAP1]) independent of other risk factors, such as amphibole asbestos exposure. By surrogate, another primary cancer history can be used to explore this issue, including in the USA, where the incidence rates (IRs) in men, but not women, are temporally aligned with historical...
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- Humans
- Female
- Mesothelioma
- Male
- United States
- Incidence
- Middle Aged