Serum osteopontin levels--is it time to screen asbestos-exposed workers for pleural mesothelioma?

N Engl J Med. 2005 Oct 13;353(15):1617-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJMe058176.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Asbestos* / adverse effects
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Mesothelioma / blood
  • Mesothelioma / diagnosis*
  • Occupational Exposure*
  • Osteopontin
  • Pleural Neoplasms / blood
  • Pleural Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Sialoglycoproteins / blood*

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • SPP1 protein, human
  • Sialoglycoproteins
  • Osteopontin
  • Asbestos