Articoli scientifici - 19/12/2025
Accuracy of mesothelioma occurrence forecasts, characteristics of cases, and incidence rates in Lombardy Region (Northern Italy)
Accuratezza delle previsioni sulla frequenza di mesoteliomi, caratteristiche dei casi e tassi di incidenza in Lombardia
Introduction
Italy, with its about 60 million inhabitants, has been a great producer and consumer of all types of asbestos (4.5 million tons) from 1933 until 1992 – the year of the asbestos ban – and is among the countries with the highest mesothelioma burden.1-3 A National Mesothelioma Registry (Registro Nazionale Mesoteliomi, ReNaM) has been established at the National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work (Inail, Rome) according to the Italian law 308/2002: ReNaM task …