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FILE NAME Kent KNT DATE 1972 July 27 DOC KNT163 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION NYT Article - Asbestos Exposure is Linked to Cancer in Cigarette Smoker ye Asbestos Exposure Is Linked to Cancer | In Cigarette Smoker By The Associated Press t. Two cancer researchers say 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 incidence of lung cancer among asbestos workers who do not ; smoke These findings the research ers said confirm studies based on such approaches as review- ing 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 Cancer a publication journal of the American Cancer Society was written by two pathologists Dr. Milton Kannerstein of the Barnert Memorial Hospital Cen- ter 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 cocarcinogen in combination with cigarette smoking that asbestos has an effect A similar situation has been suggested for lung cancer among uranium miners they : said - ~ . : , ano = ame . wen , . \ { . | ao ~ . ee - ; . : 7 we . . tc i : RECEIVED RECEIVED RECEIVED JUL 31 1972 ABEX CORPORATION MEDICAL DEPT SPNY 000111