MESOTHELIOMA is a cancer of the mesothelial cells which cover the outer surface of most of the body’s internal organs.
Just over 2,100 people are diagnosed with mesothelioma in the UK each year.
The number of cases is expected to rise sharply over the next 20 years because of the heavy use of asbestos in industry from the end of the Second World War up until the mid-1970s.
70% - 80% of people diagnosed with mesothelioma say they have been in contact with asbestos.
Someone dies every five hours from mesothelioma in the UK.
Mesothelioma is the least researched of the top 20 cancers.
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