Asperger syndrome. Asperger syndrome (AS), also known as Asperger's, is a developmental disorder characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction and nonverbal communication, along with restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests.
While much of the focus on cancers caused by asbestos is on mesothelioma (a cancer of the lining of the lung, heart, or abdomen), other thoracic carcinomas, such as adenocarcinoma, are also caused by exposure to asbestos.lone, either cigarette smoking or asbestos exposure can cause lung cancer. In combination, asbestos and smoking have a synergistic effect, meaning asbestos and smoking together cause lung cancer at a rate that neither could produce independently. For instance:
Asbestosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by breathing asbestos fibers. Asbestosis is an independent risk factor for lung cancer; it increases lung cancer risk in the absence of other risk factors (like smoking). It is estimated that there are over 100,000 people in the United States with asbestosis.nhaled asbestos and smoking work together synergistically to cause lung cancer. The risk of lung cancer in a smoker that has been exposed to asbestos is higher than the risk of the two factors combined. Smokers and those exposed to asbestos each have about a 5 to 10-fold increased risk of developing lung cancer.