Asbestos is a known cause of<unk>  in humans. A 1975 study of three small villages in central Cappadocia, Turkey—Tuzköy, Karain and Sarıhıdır—found that<unk>  was causing 50% of all deaths. Initially, this was attributed to erionite, a zeolite mineral with similar properties to asbestos, but detailed epidemiological investigation demonstrated that the substance causes the disease mostly in families with a genetic predisposition to mineral fiber carcinogenesis. The studies are being extended to other parts of the region.
Peritoneal mesothelioma
Primary peritoneal carcinoma
Ovarian mucinous tumor
Peritoneal carcinomatosis
Cystadenocarcinoma
Comedocarcinoma
Stromal tumor
Clear-cell ovarian carcinoma