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Mesothelioma Vs Lung Cancer

admin — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:32:03 +0000

Mesothelioma and lung cancer, both are serious issues, looks similar but are not same. Mesothelioma is often termed as “asbestos lung cancer” as it results from exposure to asbestos, either directly or indirectly and it is not a form of Lung cancer since it doesn’t develop in the tissue of the lungs. So it is clear that if you have mesothelioma, you had exposure to asbestos in some point of your life. Smoking at any point of life does not cause mesothelioma.

Lung cancer could be caused by asbestos exposure and it could be caused by smoking too. Someone who smokes and is exposed to asbestos always has a much greater risk of having a lung cancer. Exposures to Asbestos and smoking are quite in common, they both harm your body instantly, especially lungs, and they become devils when comes together. So quitting and avoiding these avoid your risk of getting cancer in future.

Three deadly diseases that affect the Asbestos plant workers

admin — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 18:33:34 +0000

Asbestos a fibrous mineral found in nature in metamorphic form. Many workers are employed in digging asbestos from the rocks. This causes more risks to those workers as it is very hazardous. The three deadly diseases that affect the workers are lung cancer, mesothelioma, and asbestosis.

Let us see all these three diseases in detail.

Mesothelioma:

This develops a kind of tumor around the abdominal or chest cavity and multiplies to various regions inside the human body. As it extends to other regions it is very hazardous and it is very risky one because the tumors developing inside are hard to find at the initial stage. Hence this is considered to be one of the deadliest diseases.

Asbestosis:

This is very common among people working in asbestos plant as they have more chances to inhale tiny pieces of asbestos fibers. This asbestos fiber causes irritation and inflammation in lungs. This is not the malignant disease at its initial stage but if not cured at its initial stage it will lead to some other disease and becomes deadliest. As there in no cure for this disease.

Lung Cancer:

This is the deadliest disease caused because of continuous exposure to asbestos. This causes the lungs to expand and transform in to another shape and leads to some other problems.

Strike Out Lung Cancer aims to raise awareness

admin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:28:26 +0000

In recognition of Lung Cancer Awareness Month, about 20 students attended the “Strike Out Lung Cancer” event Wednesday night in the Student Union.

Tracy Sestili, founder of the Beverly Fund Lung Cancer Foundation, said the purpose of the event was to draw attention to the often forgotten awareness month.

“When you look at October, you think it’s just breast cancer awareness month, but there are other diseases,” she said. “Every disease has a month, and there’s only 12 months in a year, so we all share.”

Chase Henderson, a senior business finance major, said he doesn’t know a lot about lung cancer, but said he has family members who’ve battled other types of cancer.

“I think it’s good to support anything that is for cancer research,” he said. “I haven’t dealt with that kind of stuff personally – I just think they are all really horrible.”

Sestili said November is not only a month to spread awareness for lung cancer, but it is also Pancreatic Cancer Awareness month, as well as Diabetes Awareness month.

“I think it’s important for youth to understand what all the risk and causes of lung cancer are,” she said. “It’s not just tobacco – tobacco is a bad habit.”

Sestili said the idea for the foundation came after discovering her mother had lung cancer. She said her family struggled to find a lot of readily available information about the disease.

“My mom (Beverly) died from lung cancer in 2006, five weeks before I got married,” she said. “I was doing all this research … I couldn’t find anything out there that was in easy to understand terms. Everything was in medical (jargon).”

Sestili said there are other causes of lung cancer besides smoking, such as exposure to radon, a radioactive gas, and asbestos, a naturally occurring silicate mineral.

Students who attended the event paid a $5 entry fee, which included a raffle ticket and a game of bowling. All of the proceeds were donated to The Beverly Fund Lung Cancer Foundation.

Some of the prizes included a mystery bag, Bud Light speaker box and gift baskets.

“I’d just be happy to win any of them,” said Kirt Dodge, a senior social science major. “Maybe the chocolate basket – get that for my mom.” [via- thespartandaily]