asbestos cancer

asbestos cancer

(1) Mesothelioma.
(2) Any asbestos-related malignancy (while lung cancer is linked to asbestos exposure, an association between asbestos exposure and gastrointestinal, colorectal, throat, kidney, oesophagus or gallbladder cancers is unproven).
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Less than two months after Grant, of Birtley, Gateshead, was killed, the family were again visited by tragedy when Grant and brother Ross's mum Helen, 54, passed away from asbestos cancer on April 19.
They'd be so proud of our achievement
She said Mr Eggerton had started to get short of breath last year and had been diagnosed with the asbestos cancer this February.
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A NORTHUMBERLAND man who launched a compensation fight after being diagnosed with asbestos cancer has died.
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Union Unite had launched a legal challenge on behalf of the family of Charles O'Farrell, a retired member who died of asbestos cancer mesothelioma aged 81 in 2003.
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Within three or four days they pulled me into a side room and told me he had asbestos cancer.
He got a cough... 2 weeks later he died; I married Gerald on deathbed, now I want to know why he died
Her victory was the culmination of a five year battle after her partner died at the age of just 47 in 1999 from mesothelioma - the fatal asbestos cancer.
Don't give up fight for justice; Asbestos widow's message to Merseyside family
The condition often leads on to the deadly asbestos cancer mesothelioma.
Boost for victims
Helen Ashton from Irwin Mitchell said: "The ruling is a real victory for asbestos cancer victims and their families.
VICTIMS' VICTORY; Pay up on asbestos insurers are told in High Court decision
Previous exposure to asbestos is the only confirmed cause of pleural mesothelioma, also known as asbestos cancer.
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The factors listed above, however, do not appear to affect the filing of mesothelioma or other asbestos cancer claims.
Not over yet: despite positive developments affecting asbestos claims, insurers should still expect significant liabilities
Dad-of-four Bob Acton, who is in constant pain from his terminal asbestos cancer, was in charge of Granada's electrical department in the late 1970s.
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Asbestos tort reform: a top priority at last? Could the dark cloud of asbestos litigation be lifted in 2005?

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