Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

According to the most recent World Health Organization Cancer Report, lung cancer is the world's most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer death for both women and men. There will be 1.2 million cases diagnosed this year around the world.

Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

Malignant pleural mesothelioma is a rare cancer of the lining of the lungs. The disease is often associated with asbestos exposure and has a long latency period -- usually between 20 and 40 years. Most people are not diagnosed until the cancer is in advanced stages and treatment with surgery or radiation is not an option. It is estimated that between 10,000 and 15,000 people around the world are diagnosed annually with malignant pleural mesothelioma. No drug has been approved by European regulators for this disease.

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Identifying the Manufacturers of Asbestos Products

Before you can file a lawsuit for mesothelioma, one of your mesothelioma lawyer must know the asbestos companies to sue. It is your mesothelioma lawyers job to find out about your asbestos exposure and which companies to include in the mesothelioma lawsuit.

To do this, your mesothelioma lawyer will find out when and where you were exposed to asbestos products, and what type of jobs you did. After this, your mesothelioma lawyer will show you photographs of asbestos products that you may have been exposed to see if you recognize any of the products. In addition, if you have trouble remembering the products, your mesothelioma lawyer will investigate the locations where you worked and talk with co-workers to find out more about the asbestos products. For further information regarding the symptoms of mesothelioma please click here.

The symptoms of mesothelioma

The symptoms of mesothelioma are very common to a number of other diseases which are more well-known in society. Therefore, it is not unusual for the patient to be misdiagnosed when he or she goes in displaying any or all of these symptoms. People who have worked with asbestos should always let their doctor know this so that the doctor is more aware and more conscious of the possibilities in the event that the symptoms do manifest. A speedy diagnosis is important to the effective treatment of mesothelioma, and without being aware of the facts your doctor may not be able to make the diagnosis as quickly as he would if he is aware of the situation.

Mesothelioma attorneys

Mesothelioma is one of the deadliest diseases known to man; the average life span of an inflicted person from the time of diagnosis until death is less than 6 months. It’s a disease that strikes approximately 3,000 United States citizens each and every year; hard working people who have labored for a lifetime to provide for their families, doing the work that keeps this country running and a great place to live. They worked in factories, at shipyards, in mines, for the US military, as engineers, as pipefitters, as steel workers, as auto mechanics, and in so many other professions. They came home to their loved ones exhausted and covered in dirt and dust; tired, but content that they had a job and were providing for their family. Content that they were putting food on the table and a house over their loved one’s heads. Content that they were working to make a better life for their families in this generation and the next...
But what they didn’t know was that while they were working so hard, they were not only slowly killing themselves, but those that they were working so hard to help; their family, their loved ones.

Mesothelioma is a disease that is almost 100% preventable; the only known cause is via exposure to the deadly mineral Asbestos. It comes from inhaling the particles of dust as the asbestos degrades; eating away at the lining of your lungs and developing into a deadly cancer. Dust that was inhaled in clouds of white powder, dust that was carried home on the clothes of the men who built this country, dust that was cleaned from the clothes by the wives and children who supported their sole provider at home, dust that was packed around the heating systems in houses and offices and schools, dust that carried a deadly price; and dust made a fortune in blood money for the companies that produced it.

Unfortunately, the effects of asbestos on the human body were known to be deadly for years by the companies who employed the ‘greatest generation’ and made hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars off of their backs. But instead of taking simple steps to alleviate the problem and save the lives of thousands of their workers, they choose to do nothing and continue to make a “healthy” profit with a “deadly” product. Many even went so far as to hide the truth from their workers and their families. And because the normal latency period for Mesothelioma (The time from exposure until the patient falls ill) is 20 to 30 years, many got away with this for years. We are only now beginning to see the full effects of the disease, and feel the terrible outcry of the people against those who put profits before human lives to a degree that is simply unfathomable.

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