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:
1 Mesothelioma is a cancer of the lining of the lung and abdominal cavity. 2  This cancer is â¢ rare but currently untreatable. 3  Symptoms include shortness of breath and chest pain. 4  Mesothelioma usually does not appear until 20 to 40 years after first exposure to asbestos. Lung cancer accounts for most of the deaths related to asbestos exposure. 2  The chance of â¢ contracting lung cancer is affected by the type of asbestos fiber inhaled, and increased by smoking and exposure to other chemicals.