I was exposed to asbestos.
I'm not sure if I was exposed to asbestos.
Dealing with Asbestos Exposure
Understand Your Legal Options
Welcome to Lung Cancer Answers, a site created to help people with lung cancer and their families. We particularly focus on asbestos and how it causes lung cancer. Some people think tobacco smoke is the only cause of lung cancer, but in fact there are other causes. Millions of people were exposed to asbestos over the past 50 years, and many of those people are now developing lung cancer.
Were you exposed to asbestos? Many people were exposed years ago and are only now developing cancer. Review our section on asbestos products to see how widely asbestos was employed. We also have pages on how you might have been exposed on the job or in military service.
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Are You Newly Diagnosed with Lung Cancer?
Lung cancer can be a scary diagnosis, but unfortunately it is not uncommon. Tens of thousands of Americans get lung cancer every year. The causes - smoking, asbestos, exposure to other carcinogens - are many. Doctors have methods to manage your cancer, and research continues in hope of more effective treatments. In addition to your medical care, you may wish to look into legal action against asbestos manufacturers, if your cancer was caused by asbestos exposure. The asbestos companies knew of their products' hazards for decades and failed to do anything about it. Now, decades later, the long latency period of lung cancer is resulting in cases of the disease. If you can show you were exposed to asbestos in the past, you may have a case.