Detection and estimation of the increasing trend of cancer incidence in relatively small populations.

Background: Detection and estimation of trends in cancer incidence rates are commonly achieved by fitting standardized rates to a joinpoint log-linear regression. The efficiency of this approach is inadequate when applied to a relatively low levels of incidence. We compared that approach with the Cuscore test with respect to detecting a log-linear increasing trend of chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) in datasets simulated to match a province of about 700,000 inhabitants.

Mesothelioma and asbestosis in a young woman following occupational asbestos exposure: Short latency and long survival: Case Report.

A 27-year-old female white-collar worker was diagnosed in 1998 with mesothelioma eight and one-half years following first exposure as a bystander to debris in a site in which asbestos-containing building materials were being dismantled and rebuilding work took place. Prodromal back pain had been present for a year and a half. She underwent extrapleural pneumectomy and received an intrapleural infusion of cisplatin post-operatively.

Neuropathy in an artist exposed to organic solvents in paints: a case study.

A 61-year-old artist in Israel had been painting for 30 years in his home studio. He had been healthy until he reached the age of 59.5 years, at which time he began complaining of weakness and paresthesia in both hands and legs.