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Lung Cancer Mesothelioma
By Kirsten Hawkins, Fri Dec 9th
Lung cancer mesothelioma is the common name for malignantmesothelioma, a rare cancer that is not very responsive totherapy. Lung cancer mesothelioma is the deadliest of allasbestos related diseases. Medically speaking, lung cancermesothelioma is misnomer. Mesothelioma is not a cancer of thelungs; it generally affects the lining of the lungs. Mesothelial cells are special cells found in cavities of certaininternal organs. They form a covering tissue surrounding most ofthe vital organs. This tissue is known as pleura, peritoneum andpericardium and surrounds lungs, abdomen and heart respectively.This tissue produces a lubricant that allows the internal organsto move effectively. For example, it helps the lungs to movearound in the chest during breathing. Lung cancer mesotheliomais the name given to cancer of the lining of the lungs. It isthe most common of mesothelioma cancers and is known as pleuralmesothelioma. Mesothelium tumors can be cancerous as well as non-cancerous.However, most mesothelial tumors are cancerous. The malignantmesothelioma referred to as "mesothelioma". About 75%mesothelioma tumors start in the chest cavity (pleuralmesothelioma). About 10% to 20% occur in the abdomen (peritonealmesothelioma). Pericardial mesothelioma is a rare disease andeven rare is the incidence of mesothelioma in
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Mesothelioma cancer was first recognized as a tumor of thepleura, peritoneum and pericardium in the late 1700s. It wasonly in the 1960s that could this tumor be connected to exposureto asbestos and be described with detail. The first person to doso was J. C. Wagner, who cited examples from the "AsbestosHills" in South Africa and provided sufficient evidences toestablish a link to mesothelioma cancer of the lung cavity toasbestos exposure. Further studies have confirmed therelationship between asbestos and the incidences of mesotheliomacancers. Mesothelioma cancers were a rarity in the United States. Therewere only 14 cases recorded per million people in a year.However, the number has tripled between 1970 and 1984particularly among the males working in areas of asbestosproduction and shipbuilding facilities. Mesothelioma cancers areMostly found in sexagenarian males and in some cases, it hasalso been discovered in women and children. About the author:Kirsten Hawkins is a asbestos and mesothelioma specialist fromNashville, TN. Visit http://www.asbestosblog.org/ forinformation on asbestos reform, mesothelioma lawsuit news, andmore.
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