The Mesothelioma Center at Asbestos.com

What The Mesothelioma Center at Asbestos.com does

The Mesothelioma Center, operating as Asbestos.com, LLC (a Florida for-profit LLC founded in 2006 and headquartered in Orlando), is a patient advocacy and support organization serving individuals newly diagnosed with mesothelioma, their caregivers and families, and asbestos-exposed military veterans. Its core offering is Patient Advocate Services delivered by a multidisciplinary in-house team (registered nurse, physician, oncology patient navigator, VA-accredited claims agent, hospice care director, on-site legal advisor, and a military veteran), supported by specialized programs including a Doctor Match program connecting patients to a network of 500+ specialists, VA Claims Assistance, Financial Assistance navigation (asbestos trust funds, lawsuits, SSDI), and Legal Navigation that routes patients to affiliated asbestos law firms. The organization reports serving over half of all newly diagnosed U.S. mesothelioma patients annually and has assisted 10,000+ families.

The business is not a technology company; it explicitly offers no public or partner-facing API, no mobile app, and no AI capabilities. Its operational core is human-delivered service coordination across medical, legal, financial, and emotional domains, distributed via website self-serve, a seven-day phone hotline, live chat, and SMS, and amplified by an extensive SEO-optimized content library, newsletter, webinars, podcasts, a Facebook support community, and a monthly virtual support group running since 2013. Content is medically reviewed via a partnership with Physicians' Review Network, and the site carries AACI medical web content certification.

The revenue model is affiliate/referral-based: the organization is funded through flat-fee arrangements with a small number of asbestos litigation firms (The Peterson Firm, Weitz & Luxenberg, Simmons Hanly Conroy, and others), which allows all patient-facing services to be provided free of charge. It explicitly accepts no compensation from medical providers, hospitals, or treatment centers. Effectively, the company functions as a high-trust, content-driven lead-generation and patient-navigation front-end for asbestos legal claims, monetizing its dominant organic reach among a rare-disease patient population.

Name

The Mesothelioma Center at Asbestos.com

Legal name

Asbestos.com, LLC

Website

https://asbestos.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

A for-profit patient advocacy organization funded by asbestos law firms that provides free medical, legal, financial, and emotional navigation services to U.S. mesothelioma patients, caregivers, and asbestos-exposed veterans, reportedly reaching over half of newly diagnosed patients annually.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Patient Advocacy Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Other Individual and Family Services (62419)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Palliative Care, Hospice & Serious Illness Support (BPAGACAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Occupational & Environmental Lung Disease Clinic (HLAKANAN)

Keywords

• Patient advocacy services
• Mesothelioma treatment navigation
• Asbestos-related illness support
• Veterans benefits assistance
• Cancer patient education

Headquarters

HQ city

Orlando

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Law Firm Funding: Asbestos.com is funded by a small number of asbestos law firms including The Peterson Firm, Weitz & Luxenberg, Simmons Hanly Conroy, and others. This flat-fee funding allows the organization to provide all resources free of charge to mesothelioma patients and their families. The organization accepts no compensation from medical providers, hospitals, or treatment centers.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Mesothelioma Center at Asbestos.com provides free patient advocacy and support services to individuals diagnosed with mesothelioma and their families. The organization connects patients with experienced doctors, asbestos law firms, VA benefits, financial resources, and clinical trial opportunities through a multidisciplinary team of Patient Advocates that includes a registered nurse, medical doctor, oncology patient navigator, VA-accredited claims agent, hospice care director, legal advisor, and military veteran.

Product overview

The Mesothelioma Center at Asbestos.com is a free patient advocacy and support organization offering a comprehensive suite of services for mesothelioma patients and families. The core offering centers on Patient Advocate Services, which provides personalized guidance through a multidisciplinary team including registered nurses, physicians, VA-accredited claims agents, and legal advisors. This core service is supported by specialized programs including the Doctor Match Program for specialist referrals, Financial Assistance Services for navigating trust funds and compensation options, and VA Claims Assistance for veterans. Educational resources include the Free Mesothelioma Guide Packet, monthly Newsletter, Webinars and Video Library, and an annual State of Mesothelioma Report. Community support is provided through the Mesothelioma Support Group, Wall of Hope survivor stories, and an online Forum. All services are provided free of charge to patients and families.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Patient Advocate Services One-on-one personalized guidance from a team of Patient Advocates including a registered nurse, medical doctor, oncology patient navigator, VA-accredited claims agent, hospice care director, legal advisor, and military veteran who help families navigate mesothelioma diagnosis, treatment, and financial options.
• Doctor Match Program Service that helps coordinate appointments with mesothelioma specialists from a network of over 500 doctors, find clinical trials, and prepare questions for medical teams.
• Mesothelioma Support Group Monthly virtual support group moderated by a licensed mental health counselor and registered nurse, connecting patients, caregivers, and families affected by mesothelioma.
• Financial Assistance Services Navigation and guidance through financial resources including asbestos trust funds, mesothelioma lawsuits, veterans benefits, travel and treatment grants, and Social Security disability options.
• VA Claims Assistance Assistance with filing or appealing VA disability compensation claims for veterans with service-related asbestos exposure, provided by VA-accredited claims agents. Has assisted over 1,000 veterans with VA claims.
• Legal Navigation Services Connection to experienced asbestos law firms with proven results, helping families understand legal options including lawsuits, VA claims, and trust funds.
• Free Mesothelioma Guide Packet Free comprehensive guide including treatment information, nutrition guide, exercise guide, financial assistance resources, caregiver support, and access to support groups and advocacy organizations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Serves 50% of all newly diagnosed U.S. mesothelioma patients annually
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Physicians' Review Network Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNationally recognized organization providing independent medical reviews through a network of specialists who review Asbestos.com content for medical accuracy.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation: The leading nonprofit solely dedicated to mesothelioma advocacy, research funding, and patient support in the U.S. Directly comparable because both organizations are condition-specific patient-advocacy hubs serving the same ~3,000 newly diagnosed U.S. mesothelioma patients each year with educational content, support services, and referral pathways.
• Mesothelioma Guide: A patient-advocacy site serving mesothelioma and asbestos-related disease patients with information on treatment centers, doctors, and legal options. Operates the same content/SEO-led, law-firm-adjacent model targeting the same patient pool, making it the closest marketplace peer to Asbestos.com.
• Patient Advocate Foundation: National nonprofit offering case-management and patient-navigation services across serious illnesses, including insurance, financial, and access-to-care support. Highly comparable because the Center's Patient Advocate team performs the same multidisciplinary navigation role PAF pioneered at national scale.
• Cancer Support Community: National nonprofit network providing free psychosocial support, counseling, and support groups to cancer patients and families. Highly comparable because its core offering — professionally moderated support groups and patient/family navigation — is the same category of service the Center delivers at smaller scale for mesothelioma specifically.

Emerging players

• GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer: A merged lung cancer advocacy nonprofit (formerly Lung Cancer Alliance and Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation) providing patient support, education, and screening navigation. Comparable because it occupies an adjacent disease space (lung cancer) with a similar patient-navigation, content, and community-led GTM motion.
• CaringBridge: A nonprofit online platform enabling patients and caregivers to create personal sites and communities during health journeys. Comparable in the patient/caregiver community and emotional-support domain of the Center's Wall of Hope, Mesothelioma Support Group, and Forum products.
• Inspire: A health community platform hosting condition-specific patient and caregiver forums (including oncology communities) used by pharma for patient engagement. Comparable to the Center's Mesothelioma Forum and Facebook community as an online community layer serving serious-illness patients.

Broad incumbents

• American Cancer Society: The largest U.S. cancer support organization providing information, 24/7 helpline, rides to treatment, and lodging for cancer patients. Comparable as a broader incumbent offering free patient support across all cancers, including mesothelioma, that competes for the same patient attention and trust.
• Healthline Media: A top consumer health-information publisher producing medically reviewed condition content (including mesothelioma) and used as a credible citation source by the Center itself. Comparable as a broader incumbent in the SEO/consumer-health content category the Center competes in for top-of-funnel mesothelioma traffic.
• WebMD: The largest consumer health-information website in the U.S., providing medically reviewed content across diseases including cancer. Comparable as the broader incumbent that competes for the same top-of-funnel informational queries the Center monetizes through downstream patient-advocate conversion.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/themesocenter
• Xx.com/TheMesoCenter
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/themesocenter

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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