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Mesothelioma & Asbestos Facts

 

  • Each year 2,500 to 4,000 patients in the U.S. are diagnosed with mesothelioma and asbestos-related diseases.
     
  • Mesothelioma has a long latency (inactive) period of anywhere between 15 – 50 years.
     
  • Experts predict that mesothelioma diagnoses will continue to increase in the United States for at least another 10 to 20 years.
     
  • While many countries have banned certain forms of asbestos, an estimated 5,000 asbestos-containing products exist today. (See a list of dangerous products)

    Article/Commentary: A Ban on Asbestos Must be Based on a Comparative Risk Assessment. (Canada)
     
  • As many as 8 million people in the U.S. have already been exposed to asbestos and it continues to pose a serious threat to workers in certain occupations. (Click here for a list of at risk occupations)
     
  • One study of asbestos insulation workers reported a mesothelioma death rate up to 344 times higher than the general population.
     
  • Most mesothelioma victims die within 18 months of diagnosis. Mortality is swift not because the cancer is fast-growing but because it usually is far advanced by the time it is detected.

    Read about the development of a blood test for Mesothelioma diagnosis; Visit our Mesothelioma Articles.
     

  • Poor prognostic variables include: nonepithelial histology, older age (greater than 75 years), pleural primary, chest pain at presentation, poor performance status, and elevated platelet count (greater than 400,000/mcL).
     

  • By the year 2030 there are estimates that asbestos will have caused 60,000 instances of mesothelioma and around 250,000 other cancers that result in death.
     

  • Over half a million asbestos and mesothelioma injury claims have been filed to date. Over 50,000 were filed in 1998 alone.

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