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MESOTHELIOMA & ASBESTOS STATISTICS
- Each year 2,500 to 4,000 patients in the
- Mesothelioma has a long latency (inactive)
period of anywhere between 15 – 50 years.
- Experts predict that mesothelioma diagnoses
will continue to increase in the
- 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.
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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).
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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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