Lung Cancer related to Mesothelioma (pleural mesothelioma)
Lung cancer is a deadly disease that has been known to take more lives than breast cancer every year. Lung cancer is not only caused as a result of smoking. Asbestos is the main cause for certain types of cancers with in the lungs.
Mesothelioma, is a rare type of lung cancer that develops due to exposure to asbestos. It is the type of cancer which affects the protective lining of the lungs and internal chest walls where as lung cancer occurs inside the lungs. Mesothelioma is also known as Pleural Mesothelioma.
This disease is developed through exposure to asbestos inhaled through dust and fibre; it may also be present in water supply and food. Study shows that Mesothelioma can also be caused by washing clothes of a person exposed to asbestos. Although, it is not caused by smoking but smoking increases the risk of other asbestos cancers. Symptoms of Mesothelioma generally appear after several years of exposure to asbestos, in some cases it has showed after fifteen years and in other cases it has taken up to 35 years.