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Published on: December 21, 2019
[Soft tissue sarcomas in Mantua: epidemiological evidence and perspectives for environmental remediation]
Pietro Comba1, Lucia Fazzo, Franco Berrino
1Istituto superiore di sanità, Dipartimento ambiente e connessa prevenzione primaria, Roma. comba@iss.it
Abstract:
Subsequently to the report by a general practitioner of an apparent cluster of soft tissue sarcomas (STS) in thepopulation resident in the neighbourhood of Mantua chemical industries, two independent epidemiological studies (an incidence study and a case-control study) confirmed the original observation and extended the findings in a wider time-span. The two studies are reviewed in the present paper in order to analyze concordant and diverging findings. In the light of the available evidence, recommendations for further studies are presented and perspectives of environmental remediation are discussed.
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