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Welcome To The Mesothelioma Cancer Center

Asbestos.com is committed to providing the latest, up-to-date information to our visitors in the hopes of spreading awareness about the dangers of asbestos cancer. This website offers a one-stop resource on all asbestos issues ranging from occupational exposure to mesothelioma treatment options. As the leading asbestos and mesothelioma resource since 1995, Asbestos.com offers more than 2000 pages of the most comprehensive and cutting edge information on the web.

Where to Begin

See below for some quick links to the most popular sections of our site.


Mesothelioma & Suggested Steps Following Diagnosis

Exposure to asbestos has proven to result in a wide range of health conditions, including mesothelioma, a deadly cancer that attacks the lining of the lungs, heart, or abdomen. This rare form of cancer is almost exclusively caused by asbestos exposure.

A range of tests are used to diagnose mesothelioma, such as imaging scans and biopsies.

Due to a long latency period, mesothelioma symptoms (shortness of breath, severe cough, chest pain) may not appear for 20 or more years. For this reason, mesothelioma is often diagnosed in later stages of development, which severely complicates treatment and chances of survival.

To learn more about this elusive and often puzzling disease, please review our extensive resources, featuring information on mesothelioma causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and more.

Mesothelioma Treatment Options

We've compiled the most comprehensive and updated mesothelioma treatment information on the web, including traditional and unconventional treatments, alternative medicine and other therapies, and the latest in clinical trials, and more.

Radiation & chemotherapy are common mesothelioma treatment options.

Highlighting topics such as top doctors, associated tests, and cancer centers, our treatment section offers the most helpful information available to mesothelioma victims.

Recent clinical studies have found that caffeine may prove to be beneficial in mesothelioma treatment and that the efficacy of current chemotherapy options is not as effective as once presumed. Make sure check back frequently for current research and advancements in mesothelioma treatment.

Asbestos Exposure and Mesothelioma Among Veterans

From the 1930s through the 1970s, the U.S. Navy used hundreds of asbestos-contaminated products in all of its vessels, which led to hazardous asbestos exposure among thousands of veterans.

Millions of veterans have been exposed to asbestos while serving the country.

Many veterans who worked in shipyards and aboard warships and submarines were heavily exposed to asbestos through standard operations.

As a result, more than 30 percent of mesothelioma victims are veterans. In addition to mesothelioma, Navy veterans account for 16 percent of asbestos-related lung cancer. To learn more about when, where, and how veterans were exposed, visit our informative veterans and mesothelioma section.

To enhance our resources for veterans, we have recently added a comprehensive index of Navy ships that have a history of asbestos contamination. In addition, the Mesothelioma Cancer Center now offers free assistance to veterans with VA claims, which can often be a complicated and exhausting process.

New Cancer Resources

For many decades asbestos exposure has been known to cause asbestosis, lung cancer, and mesothelioma cancer. However, a battery of scientific studies linking asbestos to an assortment of other cancers and illnesses has failed to be addressed within the community of asbestos awareness.

A number of various cancers have been linked to asbestos, including gastrointestinal and colon cancer.

Through extensive research efforts, the Mesothelioma Cancer Center has gathered comprehensive information from a multitude of clinical studies that have observed a link between asbestos exposure and a range of serious diseases.

Please take a moment to visit our new asbestos cancer section, featuring scientific and clinically based information on a variety of cancers and diseases that may share a causal relationship with asbestos exposure.

Jobsites, Asbestos, and Mesothelioma

Despite growing numbers of asbestos-related illness among those who have never worked with asbestos, the majority of people diagnosed with an asbestos-induced disease received exposure in an occupational setting. This is largely due to the likelihood of repeated exposures, as well as elevated levels of exposure, that occur throughout a range of occupations, industries, and jobsites.

Numerous occupations, ranging from electricians to firefighters, share a history of asbestos exposure.

Some jobsites are widely known to be occupational sources of asbestos exposure, such as asbestos mines, processing plants, and manufacturing plants where asbestos products are produced. But a variety of other jobsites, ranging from shipyards to chemical and power plants to oil refineries, also bear a history of asbestos exposure.

If you think you've been exposed to asbestos and have developed mesothelioma you can visit our mesothelioma lawyer section for more information on how you can receive compensation.

Asbestos Hurricane Preparedness

With hurricane season in full swing, it is important to know about the potential threat of asbestos exposure in the wake of a natural disaster. Few are aware that asbestos exposure is a veritable concern after a natural disaster has damaged homes and other structures that are known to contain asbestos-contaminated materials.

For more information on how to prepare and protect yourself from asbestos exposure after a hurricane or other catastrophic event, please see and review our natural disaster section.

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