MESOTHELIOMA QUOTES II

quotations about mesothelioma

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In May, 1956, I went to boot camp in Maryland, and shortly afterward, boarded the aircraft carrier, USS Intrepid. I was immediately sent down to the boiler room as a fireman apprentice. Every day I worked with asbestos. Little did I know that one day, just by doing my duty, I would come down with this dreadful disease.

NAVY FIREMAN

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The best way to protect yourself against mesothelioma, regardless of your genetic makeup, is to avoid asbestos, which can still be found in most homes built before 1980.

ALEX STRAUSS

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So the classic lung cancer is about 170,000, numbers-wise, and mesothelioma is about 3,000. This originates from the lung surface and looks different during biopsy than the classical lung cancer. It tends to grow locally so It doesn't spread outside of the chest like the other lung cancers, Eventually it kills the patient, by local growth. So it becomes a very big local problem, not from going outside.

ROMAN PEREZ-SOLER

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In most epidemiological surveys, mesothelioma is more common in men, typically with a male to female ratio of 5:1, and some have inferred that susceptibility is correlated to gender. However, other studies showed this to be related to exposure and typically there is low asbestos exposure in women because the occupations that confer exposure traditionally are men's work.

OLUF DIMITRE ROE & GIULIA MARIA STELLA

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With Mesothelioma Awareness Day, the main goal is to try and educate the general public about the potential dangers asbestos can have and how mesothelioma cancer can develop. If we can stop one person from being wrongfully exposed, whether that be during a renovation, or by missing a clear warning sign, then we consider that a small win for all of us. The hope is that we can continue to educate so that someday we can help prevent any and all exposure to asbestos with the end goal being to eliminate future cases of mesothelioma.

EMILY WALSH

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I was lucky in a lot of ways. At times I feel guilty because I understand so many others die from this. It's weird, I want to live but sometimes feel guilty about still being alive. My surgeon has retired, and so has my oncologist. I've outlived some of the medical people who treated me.

DAVID BROYLES

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In 1980, at the tender age of 50, after pursuing "alternative remedies" south of the border, McQueen died from malignant mesothelioma. Steve McQueen is easily the most famous person whose life was cut short by asbestos-induced mesothelioma. However, 25 years after his death, few people outside "Club Meso" associate the rare cancer with the "King of Cool." Neither Steve, nor his wife Barbara, were eager to invite the world into their hospital or living room during their ordeal. A lawsuit was never filed. As a result, questions like: what cancer did he die from (was it "lung cancer" or "mesothelioma") and what caused his cancer (was it asbestos? And if so, where was he exposed?), have continued to both evade easy answers and stimulate ponderous speculation.

ROGER WORTHINGTON

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Mesothelioma development has been associated with exposure to asbestos fibers since the Sixties when Dr. Chris Wagner made a seminal epidemiological observation about the high incidence of this usually rare cancer in South Africa regions where asbestos was mined. His observation paved the way on mechanistic studies aimed at understanding how exposure to asbestos fibers may lead to cancer development. We know now that exposure to other fibers with physico-chemical properties similar to asbestos are also associated to increased risk of developing a mesothelioma. There are also genetic factors contributing to the disease.

EMANUELA FELLEY-BOSCO

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