When U.S. veteran Walter Twidwell started experiencing shortness of breath and frequent bouts of pneumonia, he knew something was amiss. Walter’s doctor sent him to get a chest X-ray. Shortly thereafter, imaging revealed that Walter had pleural mesothelioma, a devastating cancer that most commonly develops in the pleural linings of the lungs.
“The word ‘mesothelioma’ — I didn’t know anything about,” Walter said. Mesothelioma is a rare disease — most, like Walter, have never heard of it — and its symptoms can often be mistaken for other conditions, such as the common cold or flu.
At the time, little did
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