Does asbestos cause laryngeal cancer?

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 177-182

  Griffiths, Huw ^a   Malony, N C ^a  

^a RUSSELLS HALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Cancer; Larynx

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

AUTOPSY; CARCINOGENESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS, AMPHIBOLE; CARCINOGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SMOKING;

EID: 0038208373     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2003.00689.x     Document Type: Review

References (60)

1. LANDRIGAN P.J., NICHOLSON W.J., SUZUKI Y. et al. (1999) The hazards of chsysotile asbestos: a critical review. Ind. Health 37, 271-280
2. COOKE W.E. (1927) Pulmonary asbestosis. Br. Med. J. IV, 1024-1025
3. LYNCH K.M. & SMITH W.A. (1935) Pulmonary asbestosis carcinoma of the lung in asbestos-silicosis. Am. J. Cancer 24, 56-64
4. INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER (1987) IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans. IARC Monograph Suppl. 7, 106-116
5. SMITH A.H., HANDLEY M.A. & WOOD R. (1990) Epidemiological evidence indicates asbestos causes laryngeal cancer. J. Occup. Med. 32, 499-507
6. RAFFERTY M.A., FENTON J.E. & JONES A.S. (2001) The history, aetiology and epidemiology of laryngeal carcinoma. Clin. Otolaryngol. 26, 442-446
7. ROGGLI V.L., GREENBERG S.D., MCLARTY J.L., et al. (1980) Asbestos body content of the larynx in asbestos workers. A study of five cases. Arch. Otolaryngol. 106, 533-535
8. PODOL'SKAIA E.V. (1989) Precancerous conditions of the larynx in workers exposed to dust and their prevention (in Russian). Vestn. Otorinolaringol. Mar. 2, 67-69
9. KAMBIC V., RADSEL Z. & GALE N. (1989) Alterations in the laryngeal mucosa after exposure to asbestos. Br. J. Ind. Med. 46, 717-723
10. PARNES S.M. & SHERMAN M. (1990) Head and neck surveillance program for factory personnel exposed to asbestos. Ann. Otol. Rhinol. Laryngol. 100, 731-736
11. PARNES S.M. & SHERMAN M. (1991) Head and neck surveillance program for factory personnel exposed to asbestos. Ann. Otol. Rhinol. Laryngol. 100, 731-736
12. MOLLO F., ANDRION A., COLOMBO A., SEGNAN N. & PIRA E. (1984) Pleural plaques and risk of cancer in Turin, Northwestern Italy. An autopsy study. Cancer 54, 1418-22
13. NEWHOUSE M.L., GREGORY M.M. & SHANNON H. (1980) Etiology of carcinoma of the larynx. IARC Sci. Publ. 30, 353-377
14. STELL P.M. & MCGILL T. (1975) Asbestos and laryngeal cancer. J. Laryngol. Otol. 89, 513-517
15. STELL P.M. & MCGILL T. (1973) Asbestos and laryngeal cancer. Lancet August, 416-417
16. SHETTIGARA P.T. & MORGAN R.W. (1975) Asbestos smoking and laryngeal carcinoma. Arch. Environ. Health 30, 517-519
17. MORGAN R.W. & SHETTIGARA P.T. (1976) Occupational asbestos exposure, smoking and laryngeal carcinoma. Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 271, 308-310
18. ALTMAN D.G. (1999) The Case-Control Study. Practical Statistics for Medical Research, pp. 93-99. Chapman & Hall/ CRC, London
19. SACKETT D.L. (1979) Bias in analytic research. J. Chron. Dis. 32, 51-63
20. DOLL R. & PETO J. (1985) Asbestos. Effects on Health of Exposure to Asbestos. HMSO, London
21. EDELMAN D.A. (1989) Laryngeal cancer and occupational exposure to asbestos. Int. Arch. Occup. Environ. Health 61, 223-227
22. LIDDELL F.D. (1990) Laryngeal cancer and asbestos. Br. J. Ind. Med. 47, 289-291
23. CHAN C.K. & GEE J.B.L. (1988) Asbestos exposure and laryngeal cancer: analysis of the epidemiologic evidence. J. Occup. Med. 30, 23-27
24. PETO J., DOLL R., HERMAN C. et al. (1985) Relationship of mortality to measures of environmental asbestos pollution in an asbestos textile factory. Ann. Occup. Hyg. 29, 305-355
25. VIALLAT J.R., FARISSE P., REY F. et al. (1986) Asbestos and cancer of the larynx (in French). Ann. d'Orl. Chir. Cerv.-Fac. 103, 63-66
26. BURGH J.D., HOWE G.R., MILLER A.B. et al. (1981) Tobacco, alcohol, asbestos, and nickel in the aetiology of cancer of the larynx: a case control study. J. Natl Cancer Inst. 67, 1219-1224
27. BROWN L.M., MASON T.J., PICKLE L.W. et al. (1988) Occupational risk factors for laryngeal cancer in the Texas gulf coast. Cancer Res. 48, 1960-1964
28. SOKIC S.I., ADANJA B.J., MARINKOVIC J.P. et al. (1995) Risk factors for laryngeal cancer. Eur. J. Epidemiol. 11, 431-433
29. EISEN E.A., TOLBERT P.E., HALLOCK M.F. et al. (1994) Mortality studies of machinery fluid exposure in the automobile industry. A case-control study of larynx cancer. Am. J. Ind. Med. 26, 185-202
30. MUSCAT J.E. & WYNDER E.L. (1992) Tobacco, alcohol, asbestos and occupational risk factors for laryngeal cancer. Cancer 69, 2244-2251
31. BIANCHI C., DIBONITO L. & CASTELLI M. (1978) Exposition d l'amiante dans le cancer du larynx. Pathologica 70, 403-408
32. HINDS M.W., THOMAS D.B. & O'REILLY H.P. (1979) Asbestos, dental X-rays, tobacco, and alcohol in the epidemiology of laryngeal cancer. Cancer 44, 1114-1120
33. ZAGRANISKI R.T., KELSEY J.L. & WALLER S.D. (1986) Occupational risk factors for laryngeal carcinoma. Connecticut, 1975-80. Am. J. Epidemiol. 124, 67-76
34. AHRENS W., JOCKEL K.N., PATZAK W. et al. (1991) Alcohol, smoking and occupational factors in cancer of the larynx: a case control study. Am. J. Ind. Med. 20, 477-493
35. MAIER H., DIETZ A., ZIELINSKI D. et al. (1990) Risk factors for squamous epithelial carcinoma of the mouth, the oropharynx, the hypopharynx and the larynx (in German). Deutsche Med. Wochenschr. 115, 843-850
36. SULKOWSKI W., SZESZENIA-DADROWSKA N. & KOWALSKA S. (1985) Our experiences with the evaluation of the organ of voice (in Polish). Otolaryngol. Pol. 39, 153-159
37. SULKOWSKI W., SZESZENIA-DADROWSKA N. & KOWALSKA S. (1986) Epidemiology of occupational cancer of the upper respiratory tract in Poland 1971-1985 (in Polish). Med. Pr. 37, 353-361
38. MARCHAND J.L., LUCE D., LECLERC A. et al. (2000) Laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer and exposure to asbestos and man-made vitreous fibres: results of a case-control study. Am. J. Ind. Med. 37, 581-589
39. RUBINO G.F., PIOLATTO G., NEWHOUSE M.L. et al. (1979) Mortality of chrysotile asbestos workers at the Balangero mine, Northern Italy. Br. J. Ind. Med. 36, 187-194
40. PIOLATTO G., NEGRI E., LAVECCINA C. et al. (1990) An update of cancer mortality among chrysotile asbestos miners in Balangero, Northern Italy. Br. J. Ind. Med. 47, 810-814
41. PUNTONI R., VERCELLI M., MERLO F. et al. (1979) Mortality among shipyard workers in Genoa, Italy. Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 330, 353-377
42. PUNTONI R., MERLO F., BORSA L. et al. (2001) An historical cohort mortality study among shipyard workers in Genoa, Italy. Am. J. Ind. Med. 40, 363-370
43. NEWHOUSE M.L., BERRY G. & WAGNER J.C. (1985) Mortality of factory workers in east London 1933-80. Br. J. Ind. Med. 42, 4-11
44. SELIAKOFF I.T., HAMMOND E.G. & SEIDMAN H. (1979) Mortality experience in insulation workers in the United States and Canada1943-76. Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 330, 91-116
45. SEGNAN N. & TANTURRI G. (1976) Study of the geographical pathology of laryngeal, bladder and childhood tumors in the province of Turin (in Italian). Tumori 62, 377-385
46. PUNTONI R., RUSSO L., ZANNINI D. et al. (1977) Mortality among dockyard workers in Genoa, Italy (in Italian). Tumori 63, 91-96
47. LIDDELL D. (1994) Cancer mortality in chrysotile mining and milling. Exposure response. Ann. Occup. Hyg. 38, 519-523
48. IMBERNON E., GOLDBERG M., BONENFANT S. et al. (1995) Occupational respiratory cancer and exposure to asbestos, A case control study in a cohort of workers in the electricity and gas industry. Am. J. Ind. Med. 28, 339-352
49. TSAI S.P., WADDELL L.C., GILSTRAP E.L. et al. (1996) Mortality among maintenance employees potentially exposed to asbestos in a refinery and petrochemical plant. Am. J. Ind. Med. 29, 89-98
50. CLEMMENSEN J. & HJALGRIM-JENSEN S. (1981) Cancer incidence among 5686 asbestos cement workers followed from 1943 through 1976. Ecotox Environ. Safety 5, 15-23
51. ENTERLINE P.E., HARTLEY J. & HENDERSON V. (1987) Asbestos and cancer: a cohort followed up to death. Br. J. Ind. Med. 44, 396-401
52. CURIN K. & SARIC M. (1995) Cancer of the lung, pleura, larynx and pharynx in an area with an asbestos-cement plant (in Croat). Hig. Rada Toksikol. 46, 289-300
53. THOMAS H.F., BENJAMIN I.T., ELWOOD P.C. et al. (1982) Further follow up study of workers from an asbestos factory. Br. J. Ind. Med. 39, 273-276
54. SARIC M. & VUJOVIC M. (1994) Malignant tumors in an area with an asbestos processing plant. Public Health Rev. 2, 293-303
55. PARNES S.M. (1996) Effects of asbestos on the larynx. Curr. Opin. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg. 4, 54-58
56. ACHESON E.D. & GARDNER M.J. (1979) The ill effects of asbestos upon health. In Advisory Committee on Asbestos. Final Report, Vol. 2. Health and Safety Commission. HMSO, London
57. MCDONALD J.C., LIDDELL F.D.K., GIBBS G.W. et al. (1980) Dust exposure and mortality in chrysotile mining. Br. J. Ind. Med. 37, 11-24
58. ARMSTRONG B.K., DE KLERK N.H., MUSK A.W. et al. (1988) Mortality in miners and millers of crocidolite in Western Australia, 1910-75. Br. J. Ind. Med. 45, 5-13
59. PETO J., HODGSON J.T., MATTHEWS F.E. et al. (1995) Continuing increase in mesothelioma mortality in Britain. The Lancet 345, 535-539
60. HILL A.B. (1965) The environment and disease: associations or causation? Proc. R. Soc. Med. 58, 295-300