Publications by authors named "Sara Roberti"
In some population-based studies, a shorter median survival was observed in peritoneal as compared with pleural, malignant mesothelioma, but in others, longer median survival times or higher proportions of long-term survivors were reported. Statistical instability could have caused these differences. We analyzed survival in peritoneal mesothelioma in a large and unselected population-based case series.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA median survival time of about 9 months is generally reported among malignant pleural mesothelioma cases. Recently, better results in terms of survival and performance status have been reported in clinical trials that included highly selected patients. We describe the survival of pleural mesothelioma patients and the factors predictive of survival in an unselected, population-based setting.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The study assesses incidence and trend of malignant mesothelioma (MM), and mortality from primary pleural tumour (PPT) among residents of the Veneto region (North-east of Italy 4,450,000 inhabitants at the last census). The study also aims at identifying areas at high risk, by applying geographical analysis techniques.
Method: The results have been obtained through the activity ofa Mesothelioma Registry, established in 2001, thus collecting largely retrospective data.
Article Synopsis
- This study investigates the causes of domestic accidents in children under 15 in the Local Social Sanitary Unit of Padua, Italy, focusing on the nature of accidents and family socioeconomic status.
- 392 cases were collected through the Emergency Department over two months in 2004, with a follow-up interview conducted with parents yielding a 74% response rate.
- The findings revealed a higher incidence of domestic accidents in Padua (7.74%) compared to the national average, especially among preschool boys, with falls being the most common cause, highlighting the potential for preventive measures through adult behavior.
Objective: to evaluate cancer mortality especially from lung tumours, in a cohort of workers of a bright electroplating factory, an industrial activity suspected of increasing the risk of cancer because of exposure to hexavalent chromium. Workers of this and other similar factories have been the target of a health surveillance program in the early '80s.
Design: the cohort members have been selected from the roster of employees as workers or technical clerks with at least 6 month of presence between the beginning of the activity (January 1968) until December 1994.
Objectives: To report the occurrence of mesotheliomas in Italy among subjects who worked, when migrant, at a cement-asbestos factory in Niederurnen, Switzerland, and had resettled to the home country.
Methods: Information about the disease and on the working history of subjects was collected by regional mesothelioma registries. Only cases diagnosed by means of histo-pathological examinations have been considered here.