The History of Mesothelioma

History of the discovery of this rare tumor and the subsequent controversy arose about its causation by specific forms of long and complex commercial asbestos. You could fill a book. This chapter focuses on the early history of discovery, from 1767 to 1900, for histological controversy, between 1900 and 1942, and the differences in diagnosis and asbestos paper from 1943 to 1973 (Table 1.1).
From 1972 to 1980 and 1990 can be characterized by achievements in the field of industrial hygiene, exposure assessment, case-control studies, and other large epidemiological studies on health effects of asbestos to the end user of products, exhibitions paraoccupational, effects of home, school construction and exposure, and the role of certain types of asbestos fibers, fiber characteristics and fiber easy loading analiza.1970 's of the 1990s was a period when the role of environmental impact erionite, tremolite and ceramic fibers was found, and molecular and cell biology focused on the carcinogenic fiber characteristics. In the last period, from late 1990 to present, emphasized the contribution to the pathogenesis of viral genetics SV40 and human rights, and treatment strategies.