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本文报导并评价了美国马萨诸塞州综合医院28年来对石棉肺和有关肿瘤的经验。对1945至1972年间的49例石棉肺病人作了回顾性研究。全部病例中,单纯石棉肺19例,合併肿瘤者30例。1945至1960年间该院仅诊断石棉肺4例,其中一例合併间皮瘤。1960至1972年间共发现45例,诊断人数逐年有明显增加。多数患者(80%)系于20多年前的第二次世界大战期间在该医院附近的海军造船厂工作,接
This article reports and assesses 28 years of Massachusetts General Hospital experience with asbestosis and related cancers. A retrospective study of 49 asbestosis patients from 1945 to 1972 was conducted. In all cases, asbestosis alone in 19 cases, with tumor in 30 cases. Between 1945 and 1960, the hospital diagnosed asbestosis in only 4 cases, one case of merger mesothelioma. A total of 45 cases were found between 1960 and 1972, the number of diagnosis increased significantly year by year. Most patients (80%) worked at Naval Shipyard near the hospital more than 20 years ago during the Second World War