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mesothelioma
A disease in which cancer cells are found in the sac lining the chest, the lining of the abdominal cavity, or the lining around the heart.

Exposure can result in mesothelioma thirty or forty years later because of the long latency period of asbestos disease.

People who have been exposed to asbestos in a household environment, often without knowing it, or who have worked on jobs where they breathed asbestos, are in danger of being victims of mesothelioma.

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