Lung cancer is quite a common complication of asbestosis. Medical experts are divided on whether lung cancer can be caused by exposure to asbestos dust in the absence of asbestosis.
Recent changes in the benefit system mean that you no longer have to have asbestosis to be able to claim benefits for lung cancer provided that certain other criteria are met.
It is not impossible but still very difficult to obtain compensation through the courts for lung cancer if you are not suffering from asbestosis.
Lung cancer can take around 20 - 40 years to develop from exposure to asbestos.
Smoking dramatically increases your chance of developing lung cancer if you have been exposed to asbestos.
