Malcolm Ledgar, 64, based in Nottingham , frequently worked around asbestos as an apprentice joiner in 1975, but at that time ...

Workers whose jobs involved exposure to asbestos – including boilermakers, boiler workers, carpenters, factory workers, ...

Malcolm Ledgar, 64, worked as an apprentice joiner for a building company when he was 15 in 1975, saying he frequently worked ...

Malcolm Ledgar is living with a deadly disease he believes he caught while working as an apprentice on 1970s building saites ...

After having an X-ray and a subsequent CT scan, Malcolm was diagnosed with mesothelioma in October 2024, a type of cancer which is usually linked with asbestos exposure. Despite feeling as though ...

Former builder Malcolm Ledgar has urged people to check in with their GP about their health concerns after he was diagnosed ...

Eventually, doctors referred him for an X-ray and a CT scan, and the retired builder was diagnosed with mesothelioma — a type ...

Patients experiencing any of the mesothelioma symptoms listed below should see their doctor to get a physical exam and imaging tests, like X-rays or CT scans, to determine the cause of the symptoms.

Malignant mesothelioma occurs when asbestos fibers get stuck in the ... Doctors will use X-rays, imaging tests like CT scans, and biopsies (where samples of tissue are studied) to see if cancerous ...

Lung nodules are not all malignant or cancerous; the majority of them that show up on your CT scan are benign ... and more emphasis is put on behavioral and environmental factors. Mesothelioma is a ...