In Cappadocia, Turkey, an unprecedented mesothelioma epidemic causes 50% of all deaths in three small villages. Initially linked solely to the exposure to a fibrous mineral, erionite, recent ...

IN 1960 Wagner, Sleggs and Marchand 1 reported 33 cases of diffuse pleural mesothelioma from the North Western Cape Province of South Africa. The collection of such a large number of cases of a ...

Mesothelioma is an aggressive cancer of the tissues that line the mesothelium, the protective membrane that covers the lungs, chest walls, heart, and abdomen. Most cases of this cancer occur due ...