If your doctors have broken the news that you are suffering from pleural mesothelioma, you may be feeling confused and scared. It is a serious cancer that develops in the lining around your lungs and chest. Unfortunately, pleural mesothelioma cannot be cured, but...
Mesothelioma
There may be hope on the horizon for people with mesothelioma
Mesothelioma can be a devastating type of cancer. Mesothelioma begins in the lining of a person's organs. It often takes decades to develop. Early symptoms may be minor. People may not notice any changes in their health until the cancer begins to spread. By the time...
2 reasons mesothelioma is usually fatal
Mesothelioma is an aggressive type of cancer. It has a relatively high fatality rate. This is not to say that there are no treatment options, but simply that this is a very dangerous disease and a diagnosis needs to be taken quite seriously. Prompt medical treatment...
School building asbestos can cause mesothelioma in teachers
It is common knowledge that asbestos causes cancer. Sadly, few people knew that decades ago. Businesses used asbestos for a variety of different purposes and products. They didn't always warn workers of the risks of exposure. Products containing asbestos can cause...
What does a diagnosis of peritoneal mesothelioma mean?
Mesothelioma is known for spreading aggressively and not responding particularly well to traditional treatments, like radiation or chemotherapy. There are several different kinds of mesothelioma, and each has a slightly different prognosis. What does a diagnosis of...
What does a diagnosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma mean?
When people say that asbestos is a human carcinogen, what they mean is that there is a direct connection between exposure to asbestos and the development of serious cancers later in life. Mesothelioma is a form of cancer that begins in the organ linings and is...
What is the latency period of mesothelioma?
Prolonged asbestos exposure can lead to mesothelioma, a cancer of the tissue that lines the lungs, heart, stomach and other organs. About 3,000 new mesothelioma cases are diagnosed yearly in the U.S. And the number was high from the 1970s to the early 1990s. This...
Will this new drug stop mesothelioma?
Once someone has been exposed to asbestos, they forever have an increased risk of developing mesothelioma. It’s simply – and very unfortunately – more likely that that person is going to develop cancer at some point in their life because they have been exposed to...
Firefighters and asbestos exposure
Over the years, asbestos was used in construction materials for insulation and as a fire retardant due to its fiber strength and heat resistance. However, employees in the construction industry and others that used asbestos were exposed to its fibers through inhaling...
Researchers find a promising combination for mesothelioma care
People who work with asbestos or who have environmental exposure to this mineral substance could potentially develop deadly forms of cancer. There has been research connecting lung cancer to asbestos exposure, as well as mesothelioma, which is a form of cancer that...