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MESOTHELIOMA INFORMATION
Malignant mesothelioma is a rare cancer of the lining of
the lung (pleural mesothelioma) or the lining of the abdomen
(peritoneal mesothelioma). The only known cause of mesothelioma
in North America is exposure to asbestos.
Like the other asbestos-related diseases,
mesothelioma has a long latency period (period
of time between first exposure to asbestos and the diagnosis
of the disease). In rare cases the latency period has been as
short as 10 to 15 years after the first exposure to asbestos.
Typically, however, mesothelioma occurs 20, 30, 40 or more years
after the first exposure.
Unlike the other asbestos-related diseases, even low exposures
to asbestos can lead to the development of malignant
mesothelioma. It is not uncommon for someone to
develop this cancer after only a few weeks of exposure at a
summer job decades earlier or from washing clothing worn by
a worker exposed to asbestos on the job. There are even cases
reported in medical literature, of mesothelioma developing in
people who simply lived near a site where asbestos products
were used or manufactured.
The prognosis for someone diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma,
unfortunately, is not good. It is almost always fatal. Survival
is usually limited to 12 to 18 months from the diagnosis, sometimes
substantially less. There are some people, however, usually
relatively young and in good health before being stricken with
this disease, who have achieved long-term survival.
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