$1.9 million to an Indiana man diagnosed with lung cancer. Our client spent the majority of his life working in steel mills in Gary and East Chicago.
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$1.9 million to an Indiana man diagnosed with lung cancer. Our client spent the majority of his life working in steel mills in Gary and East Chicago.
Does Mesothelioma Show Up on a PET Scan? If you are being evaluated for cancer, your care provider may have you take a PET scan. According to research published by the Journal of Thoracic Medicine, mesothelioma shows up on a PET scan because they are extremely sensitive. A PET (positron emission tomography) scan uses a ...
Doctors can treat some types of asbestos-related lung cancer with more success than others, but for many patients, this cancer spreads to other areas of the body before presenting symptoms. For this reason, many asbestos lung cancers have poor five-year survival rates, according to the Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry. If discovered earlier, ...
In some cases, asbestos exposure can cause small cell lung cancer. It can also cause other types of cancer, including non-small cell lung cancer and mesothelioma, which is a cancer of the pleura that lines the lungs. Asbestos can also cause cancer of the pharynx (throat) and larynx (voice box). In general, the higher a ...
A study published in the Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology contained data that indicates that asbestos exposure could increase your risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. While there is no proof of a direct relationship between these asbestos fibers and this condition, it is known to occur in people with moderate ...
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