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Speaking at a conference, Dr. Micha Bar-Hana, director of the Ministry of Health's cancer registry, said the number of people suffering from mesothelioma, caused by asbestos, is expected to rise in the coming years as residents of the area age, the Haaretz newspaper reported.
The disease is prevalent in Nahariya and the nearby Acre districts, and 19 people suffered from the rare form of cancer from 2002 to 2008.
Statistically its prevalence reached 5.72 per 100,000 residents, Bar-Hana said. Seven years ago the rate in the Acre district was 3.55 per 100,000 residents, compared to the Tel Aviv district where the rate is 0.55 per 100,000 residents, the paper said.
In 1997, the country's only asbestos plant located in Nahariya was shut down, the paper said, adding that from 1990 59 2008 there were 606 cases of mesothelioma reported in Israel,.
The highest rate of asbestos related cancer cases in the world is in Genoa, Italy, where the rate is 5.8 per 100,000.
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Jun 18, 2009 at 06:41 PM Anonymous Says:
The genius that put up the chest radiograph put it up backwards
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Jun 18, 2009 at 08:12 PM Anonymous Says:
maybe the patient had dextrocardia
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Jun 19, 2009 at 08:29 AM Anonymous Says:
Looks like #1 and #2 are doctors. Confirmed? To me, a non-doctor, it looks more like the head of a fish especially that eye!
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Jun 19, 2009 at 10:44 AM Dr. Who Know Says:
It seems the patient swallowed a wedding ring also.
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Jun 19, 2009 at 11:00 AM Anonymous Says:
“ It seems the patient swallowed a wedding ring also. ”
No, thats a life saver on the way down.