November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Here’s why mesothelioma patients should know about it. Mesothelioma is an aggressive cancer that develops, as a result of asbestos exposure, in the mesothelium, the protective lining that covers many of the internal organs of the body. Mesothelioma can affect cells that line the heart or the abdomen. But 70% to 90% of all mesothelioma causes malignancy in the pleural lining of the lungs. So mesothelioma is for most patients a type of lung cancer. Each year there about 2,000 to 3,000 new cases of mesothelioma are diagnosed. Raising Awareness of Lung … [Read more...]
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NFL Veteran Chris Draft Sheds Light On Lung Cancer Among Non-Smokers After Losing Wife
People who have been treated for asbestos lung cancer are well aware of the fact that tobacco use is not the only cause of this disease. Former NFL linebacker Chris Draft knows this after watching his wife succumb to the illness just a month after they wed, despite never having smoked in her life. "When someone has cancer, don't just ask about treatment. Let them live along this journey. Take them to movies, soccer games, barbeques, whatever it is to be able to continue to live," he said of his experience. Today, Draft is using his celebrity status to partner with the American Cancer Society … [Read more...]