Prior to his pleural mesothelioma diagnosis, Joe Trocki showed no symptoms. His daughter, Patti, explains how his mesothelioma cancer was discovered without the aid of visible pleural mesothelioma symptoms.
Left Upper Lobectomy for Lung Cancer with Stage T2N0M0 (adenocarcinoma, tumor size=4.5 cm).
There are several known causes of mesothelioma, minimally including exposure to a mineral called Zeolite and exposure to thorium dioxide, which was formerly used in X-rays: The most common cause of mesothelioma by far, however, is exposure to the mineral asbestos, which occurs naturally but was also widely used in various industrial processes for decades. www.asbestos.net
