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Former NYC Garment Industry Worker Wins Over $1.8 Million to Date in Mesothelioma Settlement

A man who spent his life working for, and eventually owning, two dressmaking businesses in the New York City’s fashion district tragically discovered, many years too late, that asbestos materials used to insulate pipes and boilers in the factory pressing areas exposed him to the dangerous cancer-causing mineral, asbestos.

For over 20 years, a New York City man who spent each day breathing in noxious fumes while collecting trash for the Department of Sanitation developed a serious form of asbestos cancer—not from what he could see and smell while on the job—but from the microscopic asbestos fibers from flaking insulation and vehicle brake repair work conducted at the Department’s garages.

A New York City man who worked for more than 20 years as a professional projectionist for the airlines and in dozens of movie theaters in the New York metro region found out too late that asbestos insulation that was used on projector lamp wires exposed him to asbestos, a mineral that can lead to mesothelioma cancer and lung cancer.

A lifelong Long Island, New York man who dedicated his life to his country, his family and his children tragically discovered that during his military service, while on the job at the phone company and even when performing home renovations and work on the family cars, he was exposed to asbestos, a dangerous mineral known to cause asbestos cancers such as lung cancer and mesothelioma.

A life-long New Yorker who first started working for his father’s plumbing business in the 1950s was dealt a tragic blow when he was diagnosed with mesothelioma cancer more than 50 years after he was first exposed to asbestos on the job.

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Asbestos cancer cure

There is no main asbestos cancer cure, but there are several treatments that are recommended based on the type and stage of the cancer be it mesothelioma (peritoneal or pericardial), or lung cancer.

Whatever stage a patient's lung cancer or mesothelioma have reached, treatment plans can be developed to suit their age, physical condition, and personal preferences. The key to the most successful treatments is early detection.

Traditional treatments for both lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma include surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy; often, a combination of treatments is used. Newer treatments, such as photodynamic therapy and targeted/biologic therapy, are coming into broader use. Under certain circumstances, participation in clinical trials is an option.

For patients who have been diagnosed and are in who stage I and II, surgery is usually chosen as the first treatment, which can also be effective for some cases of stage III cancer. The goal of these surgeries is to remove all of the cancer if possible. If performed early enough, before the cancer has spread outside of the chest, surgery can cure the cancer by eliminating it from the body. Radiation is a potentially curative option in patients who are not candidates for surgery.

Some patients will undergo chemo or radiotherapy prior to and/or after surgery. This combination is becoming increasingly common as new data suggests a lower incidence of cancer recurrence and increased survival rate.

Internal radiation therapy can also be used, in which radioactive substances are placed near or directly into the cancer with needles, wires or catheters. Radiotherapy is sometimes used in conjunction with chemotherapy apart from surgery, particularly in cancer cases where the lymph nodes and lungs are the only cancerous sites, and surgery is not an option. Small cell lung cancer is almost exclusively treated this way. The two therapies may be administered simultaneously, or at separate times.

For more information, please see these useful sources on asbestos cancer cures.

U.S. National Library of Medicine, http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

OncoLink - Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, http://www.oncolink.upenn.edu/

Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, http://www.mayoclinic.org/