The incidence of asbestos-related pleural mesothelioma seems to have leveled off in Sweden, according to a report that suggests rates of the disease elsewhere in Europe could also peak sooner than expected. Researchers collected data on pleural mesothelioma from the Swedish Cancer Registry between the years 1961 and 2000.
In Sweden the use of asbestos rapidly diminished in 1976 but due to the long latency time, the maximum incidence of pleural mesothelioma did not occur until 1993. But this is earlier than previously expected, the researchers note in a letter in the January 1 2003 issue of the International Journal of Cancer.
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