Increased Standardised Incidence Ratio of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma in Taiwanese Asbestos Workers: A 29-Year Retrospective Cohort Study
Table 5
Characteristics of 17 male cases of MPM employed in asbestos-related factories.
Characteristics
Percentage (%)
Histology (ICD-O)
Mesothelioma, malignant, NOS (9050/3)
64.7
Fibrous mesothelioma, malignant (9051/3)
11.8
Epithelioid mesothelioma, malignant (9052/3)
23.5
Period of cancer diagnosis
1980–1999
11.8
2000–2009
88.2
Other characteristics
Median (range), years
Age at first employment
25 (15–48)
Age at cancer diagnosis
63 (38–74)
Latency (time since first employment to cancer diagnosis)
33.2 (22.7–56.4)
Duration of employment
1.7 (0.1–30)
Coded by International Classification of Diseases for Oncology- (ICD-O-) 3rd ed., published by WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data, 2000, reprinted in 2005.