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Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma is a form of cancer that is almost always caused by previous exposure to asbestos. In this disease, malignant cells develop in the mesothelium, a protective lining that covers most of the body's internal organs. Its most common site is the pleura (outer lining of the lungs and chest cavity), but it may also occur in the peritoneum (the lining of the abdominal cavity) or the pericardium (a sac that surrounds the heart).

Most people who develop mesothelioma have worked on jobs where they inhaled asbestos particles, or have been exposed to asbestos dust and fibre in other ways, such as by washing the clothes of a family member who worked with asbestos, or by home renovation using asbestos cement products. Unlike lung cancer, there is no association between mesothelioma and smoking.

Sunday, August 19, 2007

What if I smoked cigarettes?

What if I smoked cigarettes?

Many people who were exposed to asbestos and develop lung cancer are also smokers or former smokers. This does not mean that they do not have a potential asbestos case. If you smoked, have exposure to asbestos, and have lung cancer, physicians will likely tell you that your cancer was caused by both factors. Smoking has a multiplying effect on the risk of getting cancer from asbestos exposure. It is similar to the effect of mixing alcohol and sleeping pills; a deadly combination. Our firm has represented hundreds of smokers and former smokers in extremely successful lung cancer and mesothelioma asbestos cases.

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