Mesothelioma is a very deadly illness that happens a while after asbestos exposure. It can take twenty years or so for the symptoms to occur for the first time, and might take a few more decades to become fully incarnated. Once it has gotten to the point to where it can be diagnosed, there is [...]

Asbestosis is a disease of the respiratory system, not a cancer. As the name suggests it is caused by exposure to asbestos, usually over a considerable period of time. One thinks immediately that those working in the construction industry are most at risk and that assumption would indeed be correct. Even though asbestos was known [...]

There are very few options available for patients who are diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma. Usually the recommended corse of treatment is surgery. However not all patients fare well after undergoing such procedures. Surgery in mesothelioma is usually only an option for patients if the disease is in its earliest stages and it rarely possible [...]