Rare cancer invades the
April 30th, 2009
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A report by a federal agency says Maine has the nation’s highest death rate from a lethal cancer linked to asbestos.
It’s called mesothelioma, and 173 Maine residents died from it during a six-year period beginning in 1999.
According to mesothelioma-lung-cancer.org, Mesothelioma is a very rare form of lung cancer that arises in the mesothelium.