Mesothelioma Legal Advice

If you are looking for some lung cancer statistics, you are reading the right article. Most people are aware that the majority of cancer deaths are due to lung cancer. Actually, this type of cancer is the second highest cause of death among people.

Because statistics show that 85% of cancer deaths are due to smoking, it is possible to prevent many of these deaths by quitting smoking. Smoking is not good for the health of the smoker as well as for any passive smokers, who are unfortunate enough to be living around the smoker. Compared to other causes of death, lung cancer deaths could become insignificant if everyone in the world suddenly stopped smoking completely.

Statistics show that of all the ethnic groups in the world, the incidence of cancer in the lungs in African Americans is the highest. The reason often cited is that it has also been shown that African Americans smoke more than other ethnic groups.

You may not be aware but this cancer is considered to be one of the most life-threatening kinds of cancer. Cancer statistics show that the five year survival rate of breast cancer patients is 87%, while that of colon cancer patients is 62%. Similarly, there is a 92% five year survival rate for prostate cancer patients. You will be shocked to learn that the five year survival rate of lung cancer patients is as low as 15%.

Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer that affects the pleura (the outer membrane that encloses the lung and chest cavity) and/ or the peritoneum (the membrane lining the walls of the abdominal cavity). In the United States, there are only about 3000 new cases of this disease annually. Exposure to asbestos has been the cause in all of the cases. The exposure in these cases lasted anywhere from fifteen to thirty years. Unlike other forms of cancer, there is only one known cause of mesothelioma. Studies indicate that people who work in areas that contain asbestos, such as mines, mills, factories, or shipyards, or who manufacture and install asbestos installation are at the greatest risk of getting mesothelioma. You are also at risk if you live with a worker exposed to asbestos or near any area containing asbestos. Studies also indicate that younger people are more likely to contract mesothelioma when they inhale asbestos. This is the reason why people are going to great lengths to protect school children from asbestos exposure.

A common fallacy, is that someone having quit smoking for 15 years has a reduced chance of getting lung cancer and that the condition of their lungs become comparable to those of a non-smoker. It does not matter what the perceptions are, but cancer statistics show it to be impossible. The lungs of smokers will never be restored to the same condition as the lungs of non-smokers. While not further increasing their probability of getting cancer, it could still never decrease to the same probability applicable to non-smokers.

There was a study that indicated that exposure to asbestos and smoke makes you ninety times more likely to contract lung cancer than a person who is not exposed to either. Some of the symptoms of lung cancer include coughing, breathing irregularities, chest pains and anemia. It usually takes fifteen to thirty years of exposure to asbestos to contract lung cancer

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