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Are the links between asbestos and lung cancer?
Yes. Asbestos exposure does increase your risk of getting lung cancer.
Can you get lung cancer from asbestos with out getting mesothelioma?
Mesothelioma IS lung cancer.
What is the connection between asbestos and lung cancer?
Asbestos has been known for years to be one of the leading causes of lung cancer.
What is the correlation between asbestos exposure and lung cancer?
Asbestos is a direct cause of lung cancer. This relationship was first determined in 1925. Nonsmokers exposed to asbestos are five times more likely to develop lung cancer than other nonsmokers.
What can exposures to asbestos lead to?
lung cancer
What exposure to asbestos lead to?
lung cancer
Asbestos breaks down into small fibers. What may result If these fibers are inhaled?
Asbestosis is a restrictive lung disease which can be fatal. In addition, exposure to asbestos can cause lung cancer and a cancer of the lung lining called mesothelioma. While lung cancer has a number of associated causes, asbestosis and mesothelioma are uniquely associated with exposure to asbestos.
What is the disease in which the lungs are cut and scarred by asbestos?
Lung cancer caused by asbestos exposure is called lung cancer. In addition to asbestos exposure, lung cancer can be caused by smoking tobacco products, radiation exposure and other agents. Mesothilioma is a cancer of the mesothelium, the lining that covers the lung inside the chest. It is not, strictly speaking, lung cancer, but it is thought to be caused almost exclusively by asbestos exposure. Although it may not appear for 30-40 years after the first asbestos exposure, it is almost always fatal within a year of being diagnosed.
Asbestos breaks down into small fibers what may result if these fibers are inhaled?
Asbestosis is a restrictive lung disease which can be fatal. In addition, exposure to asbestos can cause lung cancer and a cancer of the lung lining called mesothelioma. While lung cancer has a number of associated causes, asbestosis and mesothelioma are uniquely associated with exposure to asbestos.
My grandpa died from lung cancer about a month ago but he never smoked what eles could of caused him to have lung cancer?
Roughly 10,000 Americans per year die of cancer caused by asbestos. He was diagnosed with lung cancer due partly because of smoking and asbestos.
Is asbestos harmful to the lungs?
Yes, some varieties of asbestos have been linked with lung cancer.
How aggressive is lung cancer caused by asbestos?
very bad
