With a lung cancer diagnosis in the last 3 years and visible asbestos fibers in your lungs, you have immediate eligibility, and our expert staff and attorneys will prioritize your case for expedited processing. You will not be required to travel, and a family member will be able to step in on your behalf, mailing your work history records and medical records.
Asbestos lung cancer results in 4,800 deaths yearly
It was in the 1960s when physicians first identified a clear association between lung cancer and asbestos exposure. This groundbreaking study of Dr. Irving Selikoff served as proof of the health risks associated with asbestos use and exposure. More scientific evidence revealed how exposure to asbestos can lead to lung cancer emerged in the later years. By the 1970s and 1980s, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified all types of asbestos as human carcinogens. Here in the United States, approximately 5% of lung cancers are connected with asbestos exposure.
Lung cancer often misdiagnosed
In the event that symptoms are present, they are more or less the same for each disease; from asbestosis to lung cancer, all have mild to severe symptoms in the lungs. This way, signs of lung cancer can easily be mistaken for those of more common respiratory conditions:
- pneumonitis
- COPD
- bronchitis
- emphysema
- pleurisy
- pulmonary fibrosis
- lung nodules
- pleural effusion
- diffuse pleural thickening
- pleural plaques
- rounded atelectasis
- lung scarring
- asthma
- tuberculosis
- lung spots
- asbestosis
Considering all these aspects, it should not come as a surprise that asbestos victims are frequently misdiagnosed, even by medical experts.