Podcast Mesotheliomanews Real Talk

As part of Lung Cancer Awareness Month, Baron and Budd is raising awareness about the many misconceptions of lung cancer. Though smoking is a known cause of lung cancer, studies have found that a growing number of lung cancer cases are occurring in nonsmokers and are linked to environmental toxins, such as asbestos. Despite this, lung cancer continues to have a stigma of the “smoking cancer,” and, in many cases, people are unaware of these other causes and of how to tell if their lung cancer was caused by something other than smoking.

Many factors can contribute to breathlessness in patients with mesothelioma. Pleural mesothelioma tumors very frequently interfere with lung function and damage to the lungs from different mesothelioma treatments, such as including surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, also can be a factor. Chronic lung disease, such as asbestosis or emphysema, can also cause or exacerbate breathing difficulties.To learn more about the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment options, and resources for dealing with the lung cancer or mesothelioma, call at 1.866.855.1229 or visit www.mesotheliomanews.com

The recent global rise in the occurrence of natural disasters has caused much financial, environmental and human health concern. Recovering from a flood, tornado, or earthquake puts serious strain on a community in countless ways, but the health risks of potential asbestos exposure are frequently overlooked. Asbestos exposure can cause horrible asbestos cancers, such as mesothelioma, a rare cancer that does not manifest until decades after a person’s initial exposure to asbestos.

While doctors might choose from an assortment of available medicines to care for malignant mesothelioma patients, a combination treatment with two chemotherapy drugs—pemetrexed disodium (marketed as Alimta) and cisplatin (marketed as Platinol)—is a mainstay. The two drugs are typically used in patients when surgery is not an option.

Each year, lung cancer takes more lives than breast, prostate and colon cancers combined. Despite this, lung cancer tends to be a frequently under-funded and misunderstood cancer that has developed a stigma for being the “smoking cancer.” However, lung cancer diagnoses are on the rise in nonsmokers, particularly in women. Last year alone, 25,000 women who had never smoked were diagnosed with lung cancer.