Journal Top Ten -- COLUMNS- Asbestos -- Aug 2006

1 TITLE: "Factors Affecting the Mesothelioma Detection Rate within National and International Epidemiological Studies: Insights from Scottish Linked Cancer Registry-Mortality Data"

AUTHORS: Camidge DR, Stockton DL, Bain M.

JOURNAL: British Journal of Cancer. 2006 Aug 8; [Epub ahead of print]

SUMMARY: ICD-9 code 163 (malignant neoplasm of pleura) listed as underlying cause of death detected only 40% of Scottish mesothelioma cases (all body sites) from the cancer registry in 1981-1999. Including the accidental poisoning codes E866.4 (ICD-9) and X49 (ICD-10), covering poisoning by 'unspecified' and 'other' causes, which appear to have been used as coding …