Document 9L6oKn5zEY1O2mXxKKBxYpKv3

FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1972 July 27 DOC NMA035 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION NYT Article - Asbestos Exposure is Linked to Cancer in Cigarette Smoker ae Asbestos Exposure Is Linked to Cancer In Cigarette Smoker By The Associated Press Two cancer researchers sayi they have confirmed through human lung cancer cases the theory that occupational expo- sure to asbestos enhances the causing effects of ciga- rette smoke Asbestos exposure by itself they reported yesterday does not appear to increase the in- cidence of lung cancer among asbestos workers who do not smoke These findings the researchers said confirm studies based on such approaches as review- ling medical records but also come from what they describe as the first study they are aware of based on actual lung cancer specimens The report in the journal Cancer a publication of the American Cancer Society was written by two pathologists Dr. Milton Kannerstein of the Barnert Memorial Hospital Center in Paterson N. J. and Dr. Jacob Churg of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York The pathologists said they had compared 50 lung cancer cases in patients occupationally exposed to asbestos with 50 matched control cases in persons not exposed to asbestos The incidence of lung cancer among cigarette asbes- itos workers was 92 times as high as it is for nonsmokers not exposed to asbestos It would appear then Dr. Kannerstein and Dr. Churg said that it is as a cocarcino- gen in combination with ciga- rette smoking that asbestos has an effect A similar situation has been suggested for among said uranium lung cancer miners they 5 mo aan ~ : : ~ | ; i . / ' . re - oe - JUL 31 1972 . ABEX CORPORATION MEDICAL DEPT SPNY 000111