ArticleGeburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde2021
Asbestos Exposure and Ovarian Cancer - a Gynaecological Occupational Disease. Background, Mandatory Notification, Practical Approach.
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- Burden of Ovarian Cancer in China Attributable to Asbestos Exposure During 1990-2021 and the Projections Through 2050.International journal of women's health · 2026Article
- Knowledge and awareness of asbestos risk among General Practitioners: Validation of a questionnaire in an area with a high incidence of asbestos-related diseases.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- Deaths burden of laryngeal cancer attributable to occupational exposure in the male working age population: findings from global burden of disease study 2021.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Colorectal Cancer and Asbestos Exposure: A Women's Health Perspective.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Ovarian cancer deaths attributable to asbestos exposure in Lombardy (Italy) in 2000-2018.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2024Article
- Global, regional, and national burden of non-communicable diseases attributable to occupational asbestos exposure 1990-2019 and prediction to 2035: worsening or improving?BMC public health · 2024Article
- Banning asbestos in talcum powder: Time for action in India.Dialogues in health · 2023Article
- Frequency of Asbestos Exposure and Histological Subtype of Ovarian Carcinoma.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Spatial Analysis of Shared Risk Factors between Pleural and Ovarian Cancer Mortality in Lombardy (Italy).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
In 2017, ovarian cancer due to asbestos exposure was designated a new, and thereby the first, gynaecological occupational disease in Germany. Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral fibre with an annual usage in Germany of 160 000 - 180 000 metric tonnes in the 1960s and 1970s. The carcinogenicity of asbestos for the target organs lungs, larynx, pleura including pericardium, and peritoneum including tunica vaginalis testis has been clearly established for many years. Recent meta-analyses of data from cohort studies have demonstrated that the risk of ovarian cancer roughly doubles in women with occupational exposure to asbestos. Since the group of people with double the risk of developing lung cancer due to work-related asbestos exposure has a 2.25-fold increased risk of mortality from ovarian cancer on average, work-related ovarian cancer has been assigned the same recognition requirements as in occupational lung (and laryngeal) cancer. Thus, gynaecologists must obtain a thorough history of occupational exposure to asbestos, even if it may have taken place long in the past. The law mandates that suspected such cases must be reported to the Statutory Accident Insurance carrier or the State Occupational Safety and Health Agency.
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