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Cancer Monthly

Cancer Monthly LLC is responsible for the content of this website and is the publisher of Surviving Mesothelioma and Other Cancers: A Patient's Guide. Cancer Monthly is the only medical resource that reports the actual clinical results of cancer therapies for aggressive, advanced and metastatic cancers. Currently, it includes the results of treatments administered at over 260 hospitals. Cancer Monthly is one of the fastest growing medical websites on the internet with approximately 10,000 visitors each week. Visitors consist primarily of patients and their families, doctors, other clinicians, medical students, and medical librarians.

Dr. Emil Chuck

Medical information that appears on this website has been reviewed by Dr. Emil Chuck. Emil Chuck, Ph.D. has worked for major medical universities (i.e. Duke University Medical Center ) and hospitals (i.e. Mount Sinai School of Medicine) as a clinical researcher and scientist. Dr. Chuck's professional membership includes: American Association of Anatomists, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Society for Developmental Biology. Dr. Chuck has written numerous research publications that have been published in the peer reviewed medical/scientific literature.

Abby Palmer, MSW

Abby Palmer, MSW is a medical social worker with nearly 30 years of experience helping patients with cancer and other life threatening conditions. She has helped many mesothelioma patients over the years find the latest cutting-edge treatments for mesothelioma provided by various doctors throughout the U.S. She can provide information on doctors who specialize in treating mesothelioma, the latest therapies, clinicians who use alternative and integrative modalities, the newest diagnostic tests and much more. Call Abby at 1-619-261-7922.
She is not a doctor and does not provide medical advice.

Have questions about mesothelioma?

If you want answers right now call our Mesothelioma Resource Specialist - Abby Palmer, MSW.

She takes calls throughout the day and early evening. Her number is: 619-261-7922.
She is not a doctor and does not provide medical advice.

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