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Mesothelioma Treatment: How do you get there?

October 21st, 2009. By AbiK

I just read a post by a blogger named Deon Scott. He posts about asbestos a fair amount—you could say it’s his passion, though I’m sure he’d rather have a different passion: his father suffered and died from asbestos mesothelioma.

Deon posted recently about air transportation for mesothelioma patients—and it caught my eye. While asbestos exposure, and subsequently asbestos mesothelioma years later, can occur almost anywhere, it’s likely that it is more prevalent in areas where big manufacturing is. And often those areas are more rural or remote—not right near a big city—and particularly not near some of the larger and more well-known medical facilities that may be able to provide more treatment options for mesothelioma patients.

Given the statistics on mesothelioma—the American Cancer Society put the estimate for new mesothelioma cases in 2008 at 2,000 – 3,000 with an average survival rate of less Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Asbestos, Asbestos Mesothelioma, Corporate Angel Network
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