Incidence of Mesothelioma At Imbaba Chest Hospital From 2013 To 2016

ConclusionThe overall incidence of malignant mesothelioma was 1.5% with increasing annual incidence from 1.7% up to 2.3%. The male gender was the more presentable one with gradual growing of female percent. The urban area was more affected than the rural one, specially the area near industries. Non-exposed persons (unemployed industrial workers) showed higher frequency of MM. Right-sided MM was more common than Left one, beside that the epithelial form of MM was the dominant histological pattern.
Source: QJM - Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research