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To assess tumour misclassification, we compared the distribution of observed excess ovarian cancers (OEOC) to that expected (EEOC) from the distribution of peritoneal cancers in strata of latency and exposure duration.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Eighteen publications (20 populations), including a pooled analysis of 21 cohorts, were included. The pooled SMR was 1.79 (95% confidence interval 1.38\u20132.31), with moderate heterogeneity between studies (I2\u2005=\u200542%), based on 144 ovarian cancer deaths\/cases. The risk was increased for women with indirect indicators of higher exposure, longer duration and latency, and lower for chrysotile than for crocidolite exposure. The effect of duration and latency could not be completely disentangled, since no multivariate analysis was available for time-related variables. The dissimilarity index between OEOC and EEOC for the time since first exposure was small suggesting a similar pattern of risk.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>While some misclassification between ovarian and peritoneal cancers cannot be excluded, the observed excess risk of ovarian cancer should be added to the overall disease burden of asbestos.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/occmed\/kqad122","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,11,10]],"date-time":"2023-11-10T17:07:27Z","timestamp":1699636047000},"page":"532-540","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Occupational asbestos exposure and ovarian cancer: updated systematic review"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"73","author":[{"given":"F","family":"Turati","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan , 20133 Milan , Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"M","family":"Rossi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan , 20133 Milan , Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0371-3164","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"A","family":"Spinazz\u00e8","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Science and High Technology, University of Insubria , 22100 Como , Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"E","family":"Pira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Sciences of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Turin , 10126 Turin , Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"D M","family":"Cavallo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Science and High Technology, University of Insubria , 22100 Como , Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"L","family":"Patel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan , 20133 Milan , Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"C","family":"Mensi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Occupational Health Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca\u2019 Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico , 20122 Milan , Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"C","family":"La Vecchia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan , 20133 Milan , Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"E","family":"Negri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna , 40138 Bologna , Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"2024012916105670100_CIT0001","volume-title":"IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risksto Man, Volume 14. 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