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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1964 Oct 7 DOC NMA041 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Newspaper Article - A Rare Carcinoma Believed on Rise CARCINOMA BELIEVED ON RISE Study of Asbestos Workers Shows a High Incidence By SCHM.USCB HUBO OKK Jr. Occupational exposure to asbestos may be making an ex- tremely rare form of cancer much more common accord- ing to a report yestertdo athye annual meeting of the Public Health Association The cancer is called mesothe loma It affects the inner lining of the abdomen or of the chest and in either case it is fatal In the general populatiitoins extr rare e bm ut e studl iesyin occupationally posed occupationally the danger restricted to a limited occupe- tion group but that it might be more general and possibly of considerable . There is no direct evidence to sub- stantiate this said findings director of statistical research for the American Cancer So- Mesothelioma general is so rare in the population that it is not years separately coded studyyears years ago in an African asbestos years Ing region found 33 cases the roport said Heavy exposure to asbestos dust has in the past boen linked with some increased risk of lung cancer Dr. Sellkoff and Dr. Hammond said at a newn confbae forr e the eirn tac lk e but the mesothelioma is another mattor pursued the group ques- tion by studies in the United States One of these was a study of deaths among members of two New York area locals of construction trade union whose members doalth with asbestos Insulation Of a total of 307 deaths occurring in this fairly r1e9s4t3ricttoed group over 20 years 1961-10 were found to be caused by mesothelioma The report called this an extraordinarily high incidence for a tumor generally so rare In contrast they current hugh study by the American Cancer Society on the effects of environ among population deaths mental factorosn health showed that in general population mesothelioma A further study of many cases of mesothelioma collected over Armed long by Institute the Forces Institute of Pathology showed that fourth of those specimens that could be tested had evidence asbestos of the presence of The worrisome foature Dr. Hammond and Dr. Solikoff said is the evidence that asbestos once taken into the thore Th^"seven a single , stays exposure could conceivably duce a cancer after a ' period of 20 years or more they said } This idea for which said is experimental as epidemiological evidence could expand the risk from sim- ply those occunationally expose to virtually anyone who might only occasionally encounter as bestos dust The severity of exposure nec- extary to produce such a scri- ous effect is not known the two physicians said Cem ores ww - 10/7/1964 10/7/1964 Reproduced with permof i thes#s owinoen r Further reproduction prohibited prohibited without permission