Pass (thoracic oncology, New York U. Langone Medical Center) et al. answer questions patients, survivors, friends, and families of those with mesothelioma might have about the condition. They address what it is, its causes, risk factors, and prevention; diagnosis, symptoms, and finding doctors; psychosocial support, talking to family and children, and insurance and financial concerns; legal implications and rights; treatment, staging, survival rates, and palliative care; clinical trials, experimental and investigational treatments, and treatment plans; side effects of therapy, pain, and diet and exercise suggestions; recurrence; and caregiving and end-of-life issues. This edition has been updated to provide the doctor's and patient's views; it includes two authors whose family members have the disease. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)