ABSTRACT
The authors expose the results of a retrospective study concerning 135 cases of neoplasia diagnosed by their Department between 1983 and 1993. The patients' age, their sex, their consume of tobacco, their survival from the moment of the diagnosis have been considered in the study. Likewise the clinical instrumental researches and their reliability, the different incidence of the examined pathology in the first and in the second part of the period considered. It is emerged from the collected data, that also in our territory there is an increasing tendency in the incidence of lung neoplasia, a generally short survival after the diagnosis, a strong prevalence of smokers among those people affected from the disease, the difficulty of an early diagnosis due to scarce specificity of the commonest symptoms. The final auspicious is that a more incisive diligence in prevention and significant progresses in clinical pharmacological research may determine a notable reduction of the incidence of such a dramatic pathology.
Subject(s)
Lung Neoplasms/epidemiology , Smoking/adverse effects , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Bronchoscopy , Female , Humans , Italy/epidemiology , Lung Neoplasms/diagnosis , Lung Neoplasms/etiology , Lung Neoplasms/therapy , Male , Mass Screening , Middle Aged , Prevalence , Radiography, Thoracic , Retrospective Studies , Survival RateABSTRACT
In order to investigate the clinical oral manifestations associated with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and AIDS-related conditions, 922 male subjects were studied in a closed community (inmates). 669 were drug-abusers, 24 homosexual or bisexual men, 86 drug-abusers and homosexual or bisexual men, 143 without risk behaviour. Only 120 patients had antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus type I. All were throughly examined for evidence of oral disorders. The major finding was that almost all with AIDS and AIDS-related complex had oral manifestations one AIDS-patient was affected with hairy leukoplakia.
Subject(s)
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/complications , Mouth Diseases/etiology , AIDS-Related Complex/complications , Adolescent , Adult , HIV Seropositivity/complications , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Risk FactorsABSTRACT
An epidemiological study into the prevalence and incidence of anti-H.I.V. antibody seropositivity in closed communities produced preliminary data on 746 subjects, the majority of whom admitted potentially dangerous behaviour. These results demonstrated that residence in a closed community in which one can limit the use of drugs and sexual contacts reduces the risk of infection.
