The worker who removes asbestos for a living says that he worries about getting cancer through occupational exposure. What specific risk should the nurse warn him is associated with his occupation?
A. Skin cancer
B. Bladder cancer
C. Lung cancer
D. Colorectal cancer
C
Asbestos is a powerful carcinogen. Chronic exposure, even to small amounts of loose asbestos fibers, increases the risk for development of a specific type of lung cancer known as a mesothe-lioma.
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