Lung Cancer And Mesothelioma Causes
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There are several factors that make mesothelioma stand out from all different<br />
types of cancer.<br />
<strong>Mesothelioma</strong> is not directly linked with smoking. The stigma of lung cancer is<br />
the association with smoking. Cigarette smoking can worsen the symptoms of<br />
mesothelioma, however, the direct cause of mesothelioma is not smoking.<br />
This is the only type of cancer that has a known direct link with asbestos<br />
exposure. The exposure to asbestos may not only be direct (working in a<br />
shipyard or installing asbestos drive ways many years ago), but it may also be<br />
indirect contact (washing the clothes of a spouse working in a plant or shipyard).<br />
The exposure may occur via inhalation (breathing in asbestos) or the ingestion<br />
(swallowing asbestos fibers). Both forms of consumption are typically unknown<br />
at the time of exposure.<br />
<strong>Mesothelioma</strong> is not found as a tumor in a certain part of the lung or abdomen, it<br />
is found in the lining of the lung (pleura), lining of the heart (pericardium), or<br />
lining of the abdomen (peritoneum)
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