Thanks a lot for the helpful content. It is also my belief that mesothelioma has an very long latency phase, which means that symptoms of the disease would possibly not emerge till 30 to 50 years after the primary exposure to asbestos fiber. Pleural mesothelioma, that’s the most common form and is affecting the area round the lungs, will cause shortness of breath, torso pains, including a persistent coughing, which may result in coughing up body.