世界贸易中心中介质瘤病例幸存者幸存者
Muhammed E Yilmaz1, Mahsan Rashidfarokhi2, Kenna Pollard3
1Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
概括
在世界贸易中心 (WTC) 环境卫生中心患者中发现了四例间皮瘤病例,突出显示了9/11袭击造成的潜在的长期石棉暴露风险.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 2001年9月11日,世界贸易中心 (WTC) 的破坏释放了大量的颗粒物.
- 已知致癌物质石棉在WTC中存在,对幸存者和救援人员造成暴露的风险.
- 恶性间皮瘤是一种与接触石棉有关的癌症,影响身体腔内膜.
研究的目的:
- 报告在WTC环境卫生中心 (WTC EHC) 接受治疗的个体中诊断出的中皮瘤早期病例.
- 提高人们对潜在的不良健康结果的认识,特别是中瘤,在WTC环境暴露后.
- 为了有助于了解与WTC相关的石棉暴露后间皮瘤发展的潜伏期.
主要方法:
- 世界贸易中心 (WTC) EHC监测社区成员 (幸存者) 接触到世界贸易中心的尘埃和烟雾.
- 对WTC EHC内的患者病例进行了审查.
- 为本报告确定了四例在2023年7月1日之前被诊断出患有间皮瘤的病例.
主要成果:
- 在WTC EHC患者中发现了四例恶性间皮瘤.
- 两个病例涉及腹膜间皮瘤,两个病例涉及胸膜间皮瘤.
- 这些代表了鉴于石棉相关癌症的典型潜伏期的早期诊断.
结论:
- 这些发现强调了WTC环境暴露的潜力,包括石棉,有助于中瘤的发展.
- 持续的监测和研究对于了解WTC暴露人口的长期健康后果至关重要.
- 这些早期病例凸显了认识到中瘤在这个群体中的潜在健康影响的重要性.
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