Thanks a lot for the helpful posting. It is also my belief that mesothelioma cancer has an particularly long latency time period, which means that the signs of the disease might not emerge until 30 to 50 years after the primary exposure to asbestos fiber. Pleural mesothelioma, that is the most common form and impacts the area round the lungs, se shortness of breath, upper body pains, along with a persistent cough, which may produce coughing up body.