Asbestos.com Survey Shows Need for Increased Awareness, Treatment Options

A majority of people had heard of asbestos, but were unaware of the seriousness of exposure to the deadly substance until they or a loved were diagnosed with an asbestos-related disease like mesothelioma, a recent Asbestos.com survey shows. The Mesothelioma Center at Asbestos.com in December 2013 conducted a survey that asked our online newsletter readers a series of personal questions related to mesothelioma, including type of treatment they or their loved ones received, recommendations they offered to others dealing with the incurable cancer, effectiveness of their local VA hospital and primary location of asbestos exposure, among other queries. One of our goals at The Mesothelioma Center is to raise awareness. That's why it's important to know that many had not heard about the toxic dangers of asbestos. While some survey responses reflected traditional answers, there were a few surprises. Here are the questions, responses and some analysis of what they mean. Pleural and Peritoneal Diagnoses Low Our question: What type of mesothelioma do you (or your loved one) have? Nearly two-thirds of people (63.5 percent) said they were diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma. Our data set is pretty small, which means this could be an accurate number. Doctors and researchers generally hold to the statistic that 75 to 80 percent of all mesothelioma cases are pleural mesothelioma cases. Asbestos fibers are most often airborne and breathed into the lungs, which is where pleural mes...
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