Apr 22

Mesothelioma Cancer and Asbestos

Posted in Health Care

Riley Hendersen asked: Many people have never heard of mesothelioma cancer because it is rare. According to the National Cancer Institute, about 2,000 new cases are diagnosed in the United States each year. Compare that to 213,380 lung cancer cases the Institute predicts will be diagnosed in 2007.Mesothelioma cancer begins in the tissue, called the [...]

Apr 17

Mesothelioma Cancer Diagnoses Increase Rapidly in Australia

Katie Kelley asked: Scientists in Australia speculate that the number of mesothelioma cases reported there will rise rapidly over the next 15 years, reaching a disturbing peak of 900 deaths from mesothelioma cancer a year. The Australian workforce once relied heavily on jobs from asbestos-related processing and construction companies and now is finding that they [...]

Apr 14

Treatment for Mesothelioma Cancer

Posted in Cancer

Toufique Ahmed asked: Mesothelioma is a kind of permanent cancer disease. Mesothelioma cancer occurs when tissues of our lungs or abdominal components get affected. In more cases asbestos exposure was identified as the reason for mesothelioma disease. Symptoms of mesothelioma may not appear immediately after it’s exposure, it takes time between twenty to thirty years. [...]

Apr 13

Misconceptions About Mesothelioma Cancer

Posted in Cancer

Doug Lester asked: There are many misconceptions about mesothelioma cancer. Many classified malignant mesothelioma as a lung cancer.  The fact is mesothelioma is a not a lung cancer. Mesothelioma usually originates in the pleural lining of the lung. Mesothelioma may cause similar respiratory symptoms as lung carcer. But it is not actually lung cancers. It [...]

Nov 4

How Deadly is Mesothelioma Cancer?

Mesothelioma asbestos cancer is one of the deadliest forms of cancer today, with a mortality rate so high that eight out of ten of those diagnosed pass away within a year of their diagnosis. Today, asbestos is banned in at least 60 countries, so the asbestos cancer is most often found in those who worked [...]