{"id":2894,"date":"2020-03-06T14:22:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T14:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottishmesotheliomanetwork.scot.nhs.uk\/?page_id=2894"},"modified":"2025-08-29T09:24:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T08:24:05","slug":"home-draft","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/scottishmesotheliomanetwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-nhsblocks-heroblock nhsuk-hero nhsuk-hero--image nhsuk-hero--image-description\" style=\"background-image:url(http:\/\/www.scottishmesotheliomanetwork.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/11\/scottish_mesothelioma_network_banner.jpg);background-size:cover;background-position:center;background-color:#ffb81c\"><div class=\"nhsuk-hero__overlay\"><div class=\"nhsuk-width-container\"><div class=\"nhsuk-grid-row\"><div class=\"nhsuk-grid-column-two-thirds\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-nhsblocks-heroinner nhsuk-hero-content\"><h1 class=\"nhsuk-u-margin-bottom-3\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">SMN<\/h1><p class=\"nhsuk-body-l nhsuk-u-margin-bottom-0\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">Scottish Mesothelioma Network<\/p><span class=\"nhsuk-hero__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>The Scottish Mesothelioma Network, working in partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support, Mesothelioma UK and NHS Scotland, is comprised of a team of clinicians from across Scotland who collaborate to share best practice and provide high-quality clinical care, information and support to all patients, wherever they live in the country. The network ensures all patients have equitable access to potentially life-changing clinical trials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is Mesothelioma?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Mesothelioma is a rare cancer that most commonly occurs in the lining of the lung (pleura).&nbsp; It can also occur in the lining of the abdomen&nbsp; (peritoneum) and the lining of the heart (pericardium). The main symptoms are shortness of breath, chest pain, cough and tiredness.&nbsp; Being exposed to asbestos is a major contributing factor.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p id=\"_XBe9TNlNfl9I6K\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"_4lvnXV04tpNiF1\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scottishmesotheliomanetwork.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/10\/mcmillan_logo_green.png\" alt=\"macmillan cancer support logo\" class=\"wp-image-4119\" title=\"macmillan_logo_green\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nhsuk-card__description\">The Scottish Mesothelioma Network, working in partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support, Mesothelioma UK and NHS Scotland, is comprised of a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4293,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2894","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/scottishmesotheliomanetwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/scottishmesotheliomanetwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/scottishmesotheliomanetwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/scottishmesotheliomanetwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/scottishmesotheliomanetwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2894"}],"version-history":[{"count":345,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/scottishmesotheliomanetwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6572,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/scottishmesotheliomanetwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2894\/revisions\/6572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/scottishmesotheliomanetwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/scottishmesotheliomanetwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}