Asbestos Cancer

In the past century, millions of people without the knowledge of exposure to asbestos, the type of fibrous mineral known to cause various types of cancer.

Often referred to as "asbestos cancer, mesothelioma is the most common form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos.

Mesothelioma 
Mesothelioma cancer specific target mesothelial cells institutions.
Mesothelioma is a rare, aggressive cancer, development of skin cells in a number of organs and body cavity. Cancer is usually attacked with thin lining of the lungs, abdomen, heart, known as the mesothelium. Annually, an estimated 2000-3000 new diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma of the United States.

Mesothelioma Types 
Pleural mesothelioma is the most common malignant mesothelioma, of which about 75 percent of all mesothelioma cases. Forms develop this side of the lungs called the pleura.
Development of peritoneal mesothelioma, abdominal peritoneum, the abdominal cavity and surrounded by a layer of abdominal organs.
The development of pericardial mesothelioma, pericardium, a membrane around the center, and to provide protection and support content.
Testicular mesothelioma, the most rare form of mesothelioma, has developed a lining around the egg, called the sheath.
Symptoms

Mesothelioma Symptoms usually appear 20-50 years after the first exposure to asbestos occurred. In the common symptoms, in the case of pleural mesothelioma, often more serious diseases such as influenza, can produce mesothelioma is difficult to diagnose. Symptoms:

To ease breathing
Chest
Persistent cough
Fatigue
Night sweats or fever
Weight loss
Mesothelioma patients and their relatives often have to collect the relevant information to investigate the possible mesothelioma. Asbestos.com provides a complete set of all the information, web sites and other literature to help patients and their families to fully understand their diagnosis.

Diagnosis 
In most cases, the patient is not to diagnose mesothelioma cancer has reached a later stage of development, a long wait time-related diseases. If doctors suspect that patients with mesothelioma, one or more of the diagnostic test, usually an order. These tests include medical imaging examinations such as X ray, CT and MRI scans, biopsy procedures for testing the existence of liquid and cancer tissue samples. The results showed that the continuity of cancer diagnosis, and whether it has spread to other local institutions.

Treatment and cure 
Although there is no known treatments for mesothelioma, many patients choose the treatment experience, make life even more cancer. Mesothelioma treatment options may include:

Surgery
Chemotherapy
Radiation
Experimental techniques, such as gene therapy and immunotherapy
Patients can also choose to be part of clinical research, conducted a study, testing and selection of future treatment and medication. Navigation mesothelioma clinical trials, patients are often enjoyed by a variety of research and to participate in efforts to help medical personnel to find the cure for mesothelioma.

Reason 
Mesothelioma is mainly due to exposure to asbestos. Although the specific reasons for the way asbestos mesothelioma is under investigation, medical personnel, there are some theories:

Inhalation of asbestos when they are to their own body organs and lead to cell mutations and cancer.
Asbestos led to irritation and inflammation of mesothelial cells, leading to irreversible scarring, and ultimately cell damage and cancer.
Asbestos fibers into the cell, destroying the cell structure and function required for normal cell division, so that cellular changes lead to cancer.
Leading to free radical production of asbestos. Destruction of DNA molecules and lead to cell mutations and cancer.
The presence of asbestos produced by cell protein. These molecules will mesothelial cells ignore the normal limits of cell division, which may lead to cancer development.

Other asbestos-related cancers 
Although mesothelioma is the most common form of cancer with exposure to asbestos, the presence of asbestos fibers in the body caused by a number of other very serious and fatal form of cancer, including lung cancer (see below), gastrointestinal cancer and colon cancer. See intestine and colon cancer-related diseases.

According to the U.S. National Cancer Institute pointed out that the risk of exposure to asbestos developing kidney, throat, esophagus and gallbladder. In addition to cancer, asbestos is also breast cancer, ovarian cancer and prostate cancer, leukemia and lymphoma.

Lung 
In addition to mesothelioma, lung cancer is the most common cancer and asbestos exposure.
Another risk of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos lung cancer, of which there are two types of small-cell lung cancer and non-small-cell lung cancer. The latter is the most common type, accounting for nearly Bacheng known cases. Lung cancer is identified by the cancer cells in the tissue samples under a microscope.

The symptoms of lung cancer are: 
Cough, chest pain
Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
Changes in sputum volume and color
Sputum present in the blood
Weight loss, fatigue and headache
Since the development of mesothelioma after exposure to asbestos, lung cancer symptoms appear many years after the first exposure to dangerous minerals. Any who suspect that they may be exposed to asbestos and suffer any symptoms of lung cancer should seek medical advice from.

Risk Factors 

Died of lung cancer relative risk of smokers and non-smoking asbestos workers.
If you come into contact with a lot of carcinogenic substances, the risk of cancer is affected by a factors of risk. First, the amount of asbestos-exposed individuals is an important factor. Prove the possibility of developing a serious asbestos-related diseases, compounds, such as the number of asbestos fibers on the human body to expand.

In addition, the exposure time to play a role in cancer risk.