The pleural mesothelioma is a rare disease of the lining of the lung and chest cavity that is usually cancerous. The cause is asbestos exposure and it could take 15 to 35 years to develop this disease, counting from the time of asbestos exposure. Ho...
Often, the exposure to asbestos will cause harm to the lining of the lungs, called pleura. Calcium deposits in the scars caused by asbestos fibers will go through 'calcification' which cause it to harden. Fluid effusion may be accumulated around the...
Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer, but the deadliest one of all. It strikes about 3000 hard working people in the United States each year, mostly men over 40 years of age. It is caused by direct asbestos exposure, or from asbestos dust brought h...
Most people today are reasonably health conscious and even those who don't give it too much consideration are more informed about health issues than previous generations. This is due in large part, to the wealth of information available today on all...
What are the asbestos risk factors? Mesothelioma cancer statistics indicate that specific environments, industries and jobs have a higher mesothelioma risk. The risk of getting cancer from asbestos is very real. A risk factor is anything that increa...
Malignant mesothelioma is the name given to asbestos cancer because it is the result of continuous exposure to products or materials that contain asbestos. In the past, asbestos was considered a very useful and versatile mineral since it has insulat...
It is a of cancer whose occurrence is common as an aftermath of previous longterm exposure to asbestos. It can basically be sub categorized into pleural mesothelioma lung cancer and the peritoneal mesothelioma cancer. The kind under discussion inclu...
Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral fiber that has a resistance to fire, chemicals, and electricity. There are 3 main types of asbestos minerals (chrysotile, amosite and crocidolite) and 6 different varieties. Asbestos was used thousands of ye...
Mesothelioma is a rare but highly aggressive form of cancer and each year, there are between two and three thousand people diagnosed. The number of new cases is expected to increase over the next ten years. There is only one known cause of the cance...
Mesothelioma is a malignant form of cancer which is developed due to previous exposure to asbestos. The malignant cancer cells develop in protective covering of organs known as mesothelium. The most common sites attacked by these cells are lungs, ga...
Nowadays you can find various treatment options for Mesothelioma and other forms of cancer. In this article we will discuss some new forms of treatment. They are many patients who got better results with the help of new chemotherapeutic agents intro...
Brief introduction to Lung Cancer The specific causes of cancers are still not fully understood. However there has been lots of developments and research being done all over the world. Basically, a cancer arises from the abnormal and uncontrolled di...