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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." Institute of Medicine. 2006. Asbestos: Selected Cancers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11665.
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ASBESTOS

SELECTED CANCERS

Committee on Asbestos: Selected Health Effects

Board on Population Health and Public Health Practices

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COMMITTEE ON ASBESTOS: SELECTED HEALTH EFFECTS

Jonathan M. Samet, M.D., M.S. (Chair), Professor and Chairman, Department of Epidemiology,

Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

Lonnie R. Bristow, M.D., Private Practice and Former President of American Medical Association,

Walnut Creek, California

Harvey Checkoway, Ph.D., M.P.H., Professor,

Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle

Paul Demers, Ph.D., M.Sc., Associate Professor,

Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British of Columbia, Vancouver

Ellen A. Eisen, M.S., Sc.D., Adjunct Professor,

Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts

George D. Guthrie, Jr., Ph.D., M.A.,

Geology and Chemistry Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico

Rogene F. Henderson, Ph.D., D.A.B.T., Senior Scientist,

Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Joseph W. Hogan, Sc.D., Associate Professor,

Biostatistics Section and Center for Statistical Sciences Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Agnes B. Kane, M.D., Ph.D., Professor,

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Fadlo R. Khuri, M.D., Professor,

Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

Roberta B. Ness, M.D., M.P.H., Chair and Professor,

Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Michael J. Thun, M.D., M.S., Vice President,

Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia

Assistants with Graphical Data

Li Su, Graduate Research Assistant in Biostatistics,

Department of Community Health, Brown University

Yunxia Sui, Graduate Research Assistant in Biostatistics,

Department of Community Health, Brown University

Staff

Mary Burr Paxton, Study Director

Rose Marie Martinez, Director,

Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice

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Michael Schneider, Senior Program Associate

Tia S. Carter, Senior Program Assistant

Norman Grossblatt, Senior Editor

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Reviewers

This report has been reviewed in draft form by persons chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards of objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following for their review of this report:


John C. Bailar, Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago, Illinois

Peter R. Buseck, Professor, Department of Geological Sciences and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Phoenix

Robert G. Coleman, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University, Atherton, California

Arthur Frank, Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Robert F. Herrick, Lecturer, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts

Karl T. Kelsey, Professor, Departments of Cancer Cell Biology and Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts

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Alfred I. Neugut, Program Director, Cancer Epidemiology and Control, Division of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York

H. Catherine Skinner, Research Affiliate and Lecturer, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

Mark Utell, Professor, Departments of Medicine and of Environmental Medicine and Critical Care Division, University of Rochester, New York

Gerald van Belle, Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle

David Wegman, Dean, Health and Environment, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Noel S. Weiss, Professor, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle


Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Paul D. Stolley, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, and by Edward B. Perrin, University of Washington, Seattle. Appointed by the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine, they were responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.

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In conjunction with drafting comprehensive legislation concerning compensation for health effects related to asbestos exposure (the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Act), the Senate Committee on the Judiciary directed the Institute of Medicine to assemble the Committee on Asbestos: Selected Health Effects. This committee was charged with addressing whether asbestos exposure is causally related to adverse health consequences in addition to asbestosis, mesothelioma, and lung cancer. Asbestos: Selected Cancers presents the committee's comprehensive distillation of the peer-reviewed scientific and medical literature regarding association between asbestos and colorectal, laryngeal, esophageal, pharyngeal, and stomach cancers.

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