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Il tumore polmonare da amianto

Authors: Traversa F; Porru S; Minoia C;

Il tumore polmonare da amianto

Abstract

Il tumore polmonare è una malattia frequente. Il fattore causale principale è il fumo di tabacco, ma moltissimi agenti fisici e chimici sono in grado di indurre la malattia. L’esposizione ad amianto aumenta l’incidenza e la mortalità per tumore polmonare nei soggetti esposti; tutti i tipi di amianto sono cancerogeni, e possono causare tutti i principali tipi istologici di tumore polmonare. Molti sono i fattori di tossicità dell’amianto; in generale è possibile individuare una relazione dose-risposta tra esposizione e incidenza di malattia. La cessazione dell’esposizione determina una riduzione del rischio. L’iter diagnostico che porta all’attribuzione eziologica di un caso di tumore polmonare all’esposizione ad amianto è un procedimento complesso a carattere probabilistico, nel quale intervengono la stima dell’esposizione e la valutazione di dati biologici e clinico-diagnostici, ma anche aspetti sociali, assicurativi ed economici. L’interazione tra amianto e fumo di sigaretta determina un aumento del rischio più che additivo. Il tumore polmonare amianto-correlato è riconosciuto in Italia come malattia professionale, ma la sua frequenza è sottostimata. In tutto il mondo sono in discussione programmi di screening del tumore polmonare e di sorveglianza sanitaria dei lavoratori esposti ed ex-esposti ad amianto.

Lung cancer is a frequent disease. The main causal factor is tobacco smoking, but many physical and chemical agents can cause the disease. Asbestos exposure increases incidence and mortality for lung cancer in subjects exposed; all types of asbestos are carcinogenic, and can cause all the major histological types of lung cancer. Many are the asbestos toxicity factors; in general, it is possible to detect a dose-response relationship between exposure and incidence of disease. The cessation of exposure results in a reduction in risk. The diagnostic procedure that leads to the etiologic attribution of a case of lung cancer to asbestos exposure is a complex probabilistic process, involving estimation of exposure and evaluation of biological and clinical-diagnostic data as well as social, insurance and economic aspects. The interaction between asbestos and cigarette smoking causes a more than additive increase in risk. Asbestos-related lung cancer is recognized in Italy as a professional disease, but its frequency is underestimated. Worldwide screening programs for lung cancer and health surveillance of workers exposed and ex-exposed to asbestos are discussed.

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lung cancer - dose-response relation - tobacco smoking and asbestos, tumore polmonare, relazione dose-risposta, fumo e amianto

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