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DATE: 1953
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DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Book Excerpt - Recent Advances in Pathology Asbestos, Talc and Other Silicates
REICNEPNATTAHDOVLAONGCYES
SIXTH EDITION
By Various Authors
Edited by
GEOFFREY ^ADFIELD M.D., F.R.C.P. S irRWoyiallliaCmollCeoglelionfsSPurrogfeeosnsosrooffEPnagtlhaonldogy,
With 86 Illustrations
THE BLAKISTON COMPANY
New York
1953
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CHAPTER VII THE CAUSATION OF CANCER :
FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS SOCIAL AND RACIAL FACTORS IN CANCER staTtuhse oinnfltuheenciencoifdehnycgeieonfe,caonccceurpahtaiosnbaeleennvthireonsmubejnetctanodf asofcaiasl c1i9n4a8t,in1g94s9e)r.ies of papers by Kennaway and his co-workers (1947, froCman1c9e2r1 otfo th19e45L uinngm. alTeshis(indisEenasgelahnads ainncdreWasaeldess)i,xwtehenerfeoalds cancer of the larynx showed little change. KeInnnaawttaeym cpatimneg ttoo theexpcloanincluthsiiosngtrheaatt "inaclrtehaosueghofthleunignccidaenncceer roofaldundgusctan(cbeeraroinngthinosme ioncdcutpararteiodnsrowadhse)re. t.lnS."reisisraetxhpeor,suarbeovtoe tinhceregaesneerianl ltehviesl,diitse.saeseemsamvoenryg qtuheestgioennaebralel wpohpeuthlaetriotnhecraencebnet athttirsibinucteredasteo btehgeantacrorianl-gtaor fwraosadbse.ingFdoirscshcaorrgeesdoifntyoeathrse baetmfoore sphere in the form of soot by the domestic fire in quantities Tvaasrtrliynggroefarteoradths ahnasanuynd"otuhbattedcloyulidncnroewasebde tdheerivaemdofurnotmofrodaudss.t derived from tar in the air, but this increase appears negligible imnucloe-msppianrniseorns wshiothwthaen aemspoeucniatlolyf ssomoat lallrleiaabdiylitpyretsoencta.n"ce"r Coof ttthone lcuanngc,ear lothfothheghskthine.y" inhale air sprayed with an oil which produces the" Tlohwe hmigohrtamliotyrtailnityagfrroicmultcuarnaclerococfutphaetilounnsg, ianntdowthnes (aSbtsoecnkc)e, ofafcstoocriainl gthraedaiiernstu(cShteavsencosoanl )smaroekec.o"mpatible with an etiological Kennaway (1947a) is led to conclude that " coal smoke tdhoeeslunnogt." ac"coOunnet mweulslt flooroka, ntyherreefcoernet, fionrcrseoamsee ionthecranfcaecrtorosf ttoheelxupnlgaiinn trheceenintcyreeaasres., ifMtahneyresuicshafarcetaolrsinhcarveeasbee, einn scuagngceesrtedo,f ge.ags.esinafnludenoztha,er teombaacncaot,ionpso,piunlcalruddinruggsle,adtaerrtheydl,, rmoaodtso,r vexehhiaculesst
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VOSEASEIS OF THE LUNG
Pneumoconiosis due to Silicates
1
whFeitbhreor ussilicSaitleicsaateres :toxAicsbwehsteons,inThaallecd. hTashebeqeunesvtieorny amsuctoh
pdoebtaastseidumsinacleumJoinneiusm(19s3il3ic)apteu,t ifsortwheardcatuhsee voiefwmtuhcaht sinerdiucistter,iaal
sliitlitcleosissu. ppOofrt.recCenetrtyaienarss,ilihcoawteesvearr,e hnisoxviioeuws, haansdretcheeivecdhievferoyf
Tthheesree isartehe twgroouvpieowfsfibrreoguasrdminignerthale simlicoadtees okfnodwevnelaospamsbenesttoosf.
asbestosis. According to the one, the action of the dust is
mcheecmhiacnailca;llyth. e Eotxhpeerrivmieewntssucpaproriseeds tohuatt atthethaesbSeasrtaonsafciblraebs oarcat
tthoerioersy(,TsriundceeaualAumnninuiaulmRehpyodrrt,ox1i9d4e8)wdohicnhotnseuuptpraolritzeths ethcheemtoixciacl
aficbtrieosn sohfoqrtuearrttzhadnoes20npo, twperreevefonut nadsbetostobseis.relMatoivreeolyveirn, naoscbueostuoss,
whereas if the action were chemical an increase in potency would
hinavtheebceaesne eoxf pseilcictead. wAitchomrepdaurcistioonn oifnthpearetifcfelect soizfeasbbeelostwos5fpi,b, raess
15fj, long with those 2-5/x long (King et al., 1946) showed th at
rfaobrmbiatstiornececivoimngparthabelelonwg itfhibreesxpdeervimeloenpetadl asinliocdoutilcar nroedtiucluelsin;
arentiimcuallisn refcoerimviantgionth.e sThhoert lfoibcraelsizadteivoenlopoef dthaediaffsubseestionsterlesstiitoinasl
atopopebairgedfotro redmepoevnadl boyh tphheagsoizceytoefs,ththeefirberaecsti;onwriethsullotendg ifnibrtehse,
formation of connective tissue within the alveoli ; with shorter
fdiibffruessecainptaebrlsetitoifalbefiibnrgostiask. enThinetsoe twheorkaelvrseoslaurggwesatllsthtahtereif wthaes
fibres were shorter than 2-5^ they would be completely removed
f(r1o9m48)thceonacllvuedoeldarfrwoamllsclainnidcaflaiinl vteostpigroatdiuocnethfiabtrowsiosr.kerJsohenxsptoosneed
tsouffheirghfrocomnceansbtreasttioosniss. ofTehxetreSmaerlaynafcinewaosrbkeesrstoscodnucsltuddeid thnaott
afisbbreesstosdiusriinsgcatuhseed mboyvemmeecnhtasnicoafl irrersiptairtaiotinonf,romandthethaastbesthtoiss
bpyecoutlhiaerrityforiseigrenlabteoddietos. th-Tehfelevxiiebwilittyh aotf mthoevfeimbreens tnooft tphoessleusnsgeds
iosrgaanfascotothr eirs tshuapnpothrteedlubnyg (tGhearadbnseern, c1e93o8f)r.eaWctiyoenrsto(19a4sb9)esptoosinitns
out that if the fibrous character is absent, as in the case
ASBESTOS, TALC AND OTHER SILICATES 223
of serpentine, the chemical equivalent of asbestos, the dust is
ineTrth.e association of carcinoma w ith asbestosis has been mentioned
above, but more details may be given here. An analysis of 235
cInassepsecotfoarsobfesFtoascitsoriisesg.iveCnainncethr eof1t9h4e7 lruenpgorotropf ltehueraBorictcisuhrreCdhiienf
31 (13-2 per cent., average age 52-1 years). These figures were
contrasted with the much lower incidence of cancer of the lung
i(nav6e,r8a8g4e caagsees5o9-f4siyliecaorssi)s., oAf whhiogmh i1n-c3i2depnecre coefntt,uhbeardcuclaorsciisnowmaas
also associated with asbestosis, and the Inspector of Factories
found 72 Talc.
iNnsutmanecreosusinca1s3e0s
coafspenseoufmaoscboenstioossiiss.
due
to
talc
(hydrated
wmoarglnde, saiunmd tshileicafitres)t hoafvtehibseetynpdeesincriBberidtaiinn,dipfrfoevreendt bpyartasutoofptshye,
was reported in 1949 (McLaughlin et al.). Throughout the lungs
ethsepreeciawlleyrein gtrheeylonwoedrulleosbesw. hiMchichroasdcopcoicaalellsycetdheinnodsoumlees sphloawceesd,
wWhiothrliinngt,hebunot dtuhliess hwaedre nfoibtret-hlieketysptriuccatluarepspeuapratnoce40oj.finsilliecnogsitsh.
arranged singly and in clumps. Some were very similar to asbestos
abnoddieass,baesntdostihs earaeppseimarialanrcedsisseuagsegsesatendd tthhaatt ttahlce pfonremumerocmoanyiosbies
caacutisveedlyofnilbyrobgyenitchethfainbrtoaulsc, vaanrdiettiheiss omfigtahltcb. e Adusebetsototsheishimghoerer
ppnroepuomroticoonnioofsisfiborcecsurirnedasibnes1t4o-s5. peInr cNenewt, oYfotrhke Swtoartekedrsisianbltihneg
talc mining and milling industry (Siegal et al., 1943). The dust
caossnotcaiianteedd fwiniet,h satnraiignhcrte, anseeeddsleu-slcikeeptfiibbirleitsy. toThtuebtearlcculfoisbirso.sis was
incGrelaashisngWquooanl.titiGeslafsosr ihneatht einfsourlmatioonf ,fiannedfdiburreisngisitbsepinregpuasraedtioinn
aNnod huasremthaepaptemarossptoherreesumlat,yhsohwimevmeer,r farsoma reesxuplotsoufreflotoatitnhgisfidburesst,.
strinactieonthoewfiinbgrestodtohenohtigrhemelaeicntrsousstapteincdcehdarigneaopnprtehceimab.le Gcoarndcneenr
(1942) considers that the material has not the properties required
to produce fibrosis. Non-fibrous Silicates :
F u lle r 's
Earth ;
Mica.
F u l le r 's
eSaurrtrhe,y,cowmheproeseifdismqauianrlryieodf, dariseidlicaanted corfusahluemd.iniMumid,dliestofnou(n1d94i0nj
has given an account of the radiological and pathological changes