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What is mesothelioma?
- Risk factors for mesothelioma
- - Asbestos as a risk factor
- - Those directly at risk
- - Those indirectly at risk
- - - Bystander exposure
- - - Domestic exposure
- - - Environmental
- - - Passive exposure
- - - Consumer products
- Epidemiology (frequency)
Mesothelioma features
- Pathology (disease features)
- - Types of mesothelioma
- - Mesothelioma development
- Symptoms
- - General symptoms
- - Local or distant spread
Mesothelioma diagnosis
- Staging
- Non-invasive procedures
- Invasive procedures
Mesothelioma treatment options
- Surgical procedures
- - Pleurectomy
- - Extrapleural pneumonectomy
- Radiation therapy
- Chemotherapy
- - Alimta
- New treatments
- - Immunotherapy
- - Heat therapy
- - Gene therapy
- - Photodynamic therapy
- Supportive treatment
- - Pain management
- - Shortness of breath
- Which therapy?
Other conditions
- Asbestosis
- Pleural plaques
- Pleural fibrosis
- Benign pleural effusions
- Lung cancer
- Other cancers
What is asbestos?
- History of asbestos
- - Health risk cover-up
- Asbsestos production
If you've been exposed
- Health monitoring
- Legal action
- - Bankruptcy of companies?
Useful resources
Glossary
Bibliography
  

Mesothelioma Cancer


If you've been exposed to asbestos

If you are concerned that you or someone you know may have been exposed to asbestos, there are a number of actions you can take.

If you smoke, perhaps the most important first step is to STOP SMOKING. While smoking does not increase the chances of developing malignant mesothelioma or asbestosis, it greatly increases the likelihood of developing lung cancer in the asbestos-exposed by 50-90 times!

Further asbestos exposure should be avoided at all costs.

You should consult your doctor about your concerns and consider taking legal action.

Health monitoring
Legal action


The information provided in this site is general in nature and constitutes neither legal nor medical advice. If you are concerned that you or someone you know is at risk of an asbestos-related disease, please consult your physician and an attorney experienced in asbestos litigation cases.
 

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