Asbestos and Cancer

Follow the links below to information on the relationship between exposure to asbestos and cancer, including information on mesothelioma.
Reviewed January 2012

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Title:   Mesothelioma
Publisher:   The Cancer Council Victoria
Description:   The mesothelium makes a lubricating fluid that helps protect the organs and allow them to move around. For example, this fluid makes it easier for the lungs to move inside the chest when you breathe.
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   Mesothelioma
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Mesothelioma is a rare and often fatal cancer of the mesothelium, the membrane that covers most of the body's internal organs. Mesothelioma can develop decades after exposure to asbestos. Where it cannot be surgically removed, this condition is incurable. Treatment aims to prolong life and keep the person as comfortable as possible.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Cancer and asbestos
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Asbestos is a mineral made up of fibres that can be breathed into the lungs. Exposure to asbestos may cause a range of illnesses, including asbestosis, lung cancer and a cancer called mesothelioma. Asbestos used to be a common building material and may be present in older houses and other buildings.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Asbestos related diseases
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council
Description:   An overview of asbestos related disease as a health issue in Australia and NHMRC funding into asbestos research
Date:   Jan 2011
Title:   Lung Cancer
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to overview information about lung cancers, as well as specific topic pages on prevention, treatment, risk factors and statistics for lung cancer.
Date:   Dec 2010
Title:   Asbestos and your health
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Asbestos can cause serious diseases including cancers, such as mesothelioma and lung cancer, and other non-malignant lung diseases such as asbestosis, pleural plaques and pleural thickening. Asbestos has been used in roofing, asbestos cement sheets and pipes, insulation, building materials and other products.
Date:   May 2010
Title:   There is no evidence that radiotherapy could help to cure or to prolong the survival of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The incidence of malignant pleural mesothelioma is increasing and is expected to peak in many developed countries in the next two decades. In 80% of the patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma there is a clear history of occupational or domestic ex...
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   Malignant mesothelioma of the pleura
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of asbestosis or mesothelioma by professional health specialists.
Date:   Apr 2012
Title:   Pemetrexed disodium (new anticancer drug) significantly increases the length of survival, as well as relieves symptoms of mesothelioma
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Mesothelioma is a rare and aggressive type of cancer, usually linked with previous exposure to asbestos. Its most common site is the pleura, a protective lining of the lungs. Currently there is no established standard treatment for mesothelioma. This re...
Date:   Oct 2006

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