Mesothelioma News
Mesothelioma Takes Life of Merlin Olsen |
Construction Workers at Risk for Asbestos Exposure and Mesothelioma |
Electrician’s Mesothelioma Death Highlights Asbestos Risk |
New Mesothelioma Marker May Help In Diagnosis |
Researchers Get Inside Mesothelioma Development |
Plumbers at Risk for Mesothelioma from Asbestos |
U.S. Schools ‘Managing’ Asbestos |
Mesothelioma Patients Can Survive Past Five Years |
Is Mesothelioma Gene Therapy Promising? |
Mesothelioma Treatment May Get Boost From Immune Therapy |
Quebec Continues To Export Mesothelioma Causing Asbestos |
Mesothelioma and Asbestos Lawsuits Continue Worldwide |
Sailors Unknowingly Faced Mesothelioma Risk |
Sarcomatoid Mesothelioma Survival Challenges |
Quebec Sells Mesothelioma Causing Asbestos |
Mesothelioma Patient is Cancer-Free More Than a Decade After Diagnosis |
Mesothelioma Patient Helped by Herb Pawpaw |
Mesothelioma Disappears After Mushroom Use |
Mesothelioma Risk Multiplied by Environmental Asbestos Exposure |
Mesothelioma Virus-Based Therapy is Promising |
Study Reveals Mesothelioma Therapy Risks and Benefits |
Mesothelioma Patients Need Emotional Care, Too |
Mesothelioma and Other Cancers Caused by Asbestos Through DNA Damage |
Mesothelioma Risk from Limited Asbestos Exposure |
German Mesothelioma Study Has Surprising Result |
Mesothelioma Triple Therapy Found Safe and Effective |
Mesothelioma Disappears With No Treatment |
Mesothelioma and SS1P Therapy – Some Promise |
Mesothelioma Influenced by Vitamin A? |
Mesothelioma Survival Improved by Adding Heated Chemotherapy to Surgery |
Alimta Reportedly Caused Lung Injury |
DOE Workers Face Higher Risks for Mesothelioma and Other Cancers |
James Hardie’s Mesothelioma and Asbestos Legacy Continues |
Should the Treatment for Mesothelioma be Individualized? A Frog's Tale |
New Guidelines for Diagnosing Mesothelioma |
Estrogen Can Kill Mesothelioma Cells Says Italian Study |
Tea Tree Oil Stops Mesothelioma Cells in Model |
Chemotherapy for Mesothelioma Tested in Greece |
Mesothelioma is Increased Risk for Sheet Metal Workers |
Does Preventive Radiation After Mesothelioma Surgery Help? |
Mesothelioma Diagnosis Improved by New Tests |
Mesothelioma Patients Benefit From CT-PET Scan |
139 Ways to Avoid Cancer |
Researchers Learn How Selenite Combats Mesothelioma |
Mesothelioma Prognosis and Placenta Growth Factor |
Turning Up the Heat on Mesothelioma |
Mesothelioma Survivor Outlives Prognosis by Seven Years |
Mesothelioma Can Strike Younger Patients Without Known Risks |
Most Canadian Mesothelioma Cases Go Unreported |
Future Mesothelioma Treatment |
Mesothelioma Survivor Defies Odds |
Mesothelioma Gene Test Predicts Survival Odds |
Asbestos Workers Face Increased Risk of Cancer Death |
Mesothelioma and Early Lung Cancer Identified by Screening |
Promising New Target for Mesothelioma Therapy |
Asbestos and Garlic |
Mesothelioma Survivor Ruth Phillips |
Mesothelioma Risk in U.K. |
Diagnosing Mesothelioma |
Over Forty Clinical Trials for Mesothelioma |
New Mesothelioma Study Results |
Mesothelioma and Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy |
Mesothelioma Support Groups |
New Mesothelioma Databank |
Mesothelioma Diagnosis and Staging |
Mesothelioma Treatment Research |
Mesothelioma Survivor Publishes Book |
Mesothelioma and the Spread of Asbestos |
Mesothelioma, Asbestos, and Survival |
Mesothelioma and Active Symptom Control |
Mesothelioma and Children |
Mesothelioma and Chemo Results |
Mesothelioma and the Immune System |
Mesothelioma Survivor Speaks |
Peritoneal Mesothelioma and Multi-Modality Treatment |
Mesothelioma and Chemotherapy |
Pleural Mesothelioma and Surgery |
Mesothelioma and Virotherapy |
Mesothelioma and Molecular Pathways |
Asbestos a Deadly Carcinogen |
Anti-Asbestos Crusader, Dr. Irving Selikoff |
Mesothelioma and Gene Expression |
Merlin Olsen was one of the strongest players in NFL history, but malignant mesothelioma proved to be one rival he could not defeat.
Construction has always been a high-risk industry. But one of the greatest risks for construction workers, especially those involved in the renovation or repair of older buildings, is the risk of exposure to asbestos and possibly mesothelioma.
The recent death of an electrician from mesothelioma is making headlines in Great Britain and highlights the risks that many electricians face.
Mesothelioma diagnosis is often a case of mistaken identity. But pathologists may now have a new mesothelioma marker is their arsenal.
When asbestos fibers get inside the body, they trigger a number of biological pathways that can eventually lead to the development of mesothelioma and other lung cancers. Now researchers are learning how these pathways are formed.
The same insulation that is protecting water pipes in hundreds of thousands of homes and commercial buildings, poses a serious health threat to the plumbers called on to repair or replace those pipes.
Thousands of U.S. schools still contain asbestos - the fiber that can cause mesothelioma - and there are no plans to remove it, according to the EPA.
Thanks to better diagnostic tools, including the use of some newly-identified biomarkers to identify those at highest risk, some mesothelioma patients do survive this cancer for five years or more.
An experimental treatment that uses a common virus to deliver a cancer-combating gene into the body successfully triggers an immune response against mesothelioma, but gene therapy still has delivery issues to overcome before it can offer any real hope.
Therapies that trigger an immune response against mesothelioma tumors could potentially enhance the effectiveness of current treatments, but more research is still needed to find the most effective way to deliver these immune therapies.
The Olympics will generate an estimated $4 billion CAD for Canada. So with that kind of income perhaps it is time Canada reexamines its practice of exporting mesothelioma causing asbestos to the rest of the world.
Victims of mesothelioma cancer, a deadly form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, and other asbestos-related illnesses, continue to file and win lawsuits around the country.
Sailors who worked aboard Navy vessels during World War II and the Korean War knew they would face risks. But, many did not realize that one of the greatest risks – asbestos causing mesothelioma was invisible.
Researchers offer new insights into a rare form of mesothelioma. Patients who are diagnosed with sarcomatoid mesothelioma face a much poorer outlook than those with the more common epithelioid form of the disease, according to a new study.
Quebec’s Premier, Jean Charest, is coming under fire for continuing to sell asbestos to underdeveloped countries, particularly India, Indonesia and Bangladesh, despite the known health risks. Asbestos can cause mesothelioma, other cancers and asbes ...
A British man has survived for more than 12 years after being diagnosed with mesothelioma, a cancer that is typically fatal within a year. Researchers say this rare case of spontaneous regression could be evidence of the immune system’s role in fight ...
Marie Augustine was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma three years ago and given a prognosis of six months to live. Today she is alive with a good quality of life. She credits her survival to her alternative regimen and the support of her family.
A mesothelioma patient takes a medicinal mushroom, Agaricus blazei Murill, and has a clinical tumor disappearance during a 29-month follow-up period.
Working in an asbestos plant has long been linked to an increased risk for mesothelioma, but new research finds that living near one of these plants may also increase a person’s risk of developing the disease.
A potential new therapy for mesothelioma could come in the form of a cancer-targeting virus that selectively destroys cancer cells while sparing healthy cells.
Treating mesothelioma aggressively with a combination of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation (trimodality therapy, or TMT) might improve survival in a small number of patients, but it may not be the best option for those with more advanced cancer.
Mesothelioma patients, as well as their caregivers, are under a huge amount of anxiety and stress, and many report that they receive little support to help them deal with the psychological impact of living with the disease.
Exposure to crocidolite asbestos triggers enhanced DNA damage that can turn cells cancerous and lead to cancers like mesothelioma according to a new study.
Doctors have long known that asbestos exposure in the workplace significantly increases the risk for mesothelioma, but now they’ve discovered that even workers who have had relatively low exposure to asbestos are at increased risk for this deadly cancer.
A German study finds that a combination therapy with less-invasive surgery is just as safe and effective for pleural mesothelioma as a more invasive surgery.
An aggressive treatment strategy that begins with chemotherapy, followed by surgery, and then radiation is a safe and effective option for many mesothelioma patients, according to a recent study.
In September 2002, a 61-year-old Australian woman was diagnosed with mesothelioma. Two years later, she was cancer-free without any treatment.
Delivering a continuous dose of a new immunotoxin therapy, SS1P, is safe and shows some effectiveness against mesothelioma and other mesothelin-positive cancers.
Independent research studies over the last three decades suggest that mesothelioma could be impacted and influenced by vitamin A levels.
Delivering a high dose of heated chemotherapy directly into the chest and abdomen during mesothelioma surgery improves patients’ survival without compromising their safety.
A Japanese medical journal recently reported a case of pemetrexed-induced acute lung injury.
Construction workers at four Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear sites have been exposed to asbestos and other dangerous materials that are putting them at significantly higher risk for mesothelioma, lung disease, and other cancers.
Most Americans have never heard of a company called James Hardie, but to many Australians this name conjures up an enormous death toll from asbestos.
There are few treatments for mesothelioma. A new therapy based on a protein from a frog showed promise in some patients.
An international panel of pathologists has released a consensus statement regarding guidelines for the pathological diagnosis of diffuse malignant mesothelioma.
New study finds that estrogen and estrogen receptor beta reduces malignant mesothelioma cell proliferation and may have therapeutic implications.
A recent study has suggested that tea tree oil can kill mouse mesothelioma cells in vitro. This indicates its potential usefulness in human mesothelioma, but more research is needed.
Athens University School of Medicine tested a new combination of chemo in 25 patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma
A study of over 17,000 sheet metal workers reveals an increased risk for asbestos related diseases including mesothelioma.
The prophylactic irradiation of tracts is a common practice after mesothelioma surgery, but some doctors are questioning its value.
A combination of two genetic tests is more sensitive at distinguishing mesothelioma from normal cells than either test alone
The CT-PET scan automatically moved a third of mesothelioma patients into a higher stage of disease and saved those people the risk and complications of surgery.
Here are 139 ways to help avoid getting cancer from a well documented carcinogen – asbestos. Asbestos causes mesothelioma, other cancers and asbestosis
Sodium selenite, the most common water-soluble form of selenium, is an antioxidant and redox-modulating compound that can kill mesothelioma cells in cell cultures. Now researchers are discovering why it works.
Mesothelioma patients with the least P1GF expression survived the longest
Suppressing Heat-Shock Proteins Could be Key to Success of Heat-Based Mesothelioma Treatment
On July 11, 2009 James Rhio O’Connor (“Rhio”) passed away from mesothelioma, the asbestos caused cancer. He was 69 years old
Mesothelioma is a cancer that typically affects middle-aged or older men who were exposed to asbestos on the job. But even younger patients with no known history of asbestos exposure may develop mesothelioma
Less than half of asbestos workers diagnosed with mesothelioma file claims for workers’ compensation, even though most of those who do file receive compensation, according to a Canadian study
Immunotherapy Plus Chemotherapy May Boost Mesothelioma Treatment Effectiveness
Recently there have been a number of articles written about Jon Matthews, the British man who was diagnosed with mesothelioma a little over two years ago
A test that looks at ratios of four genes can accurately predict which mesothelioma patients face the greatest chance of survival, and help pinpoint the best candidates for surgery, according to a new study
Workers who have been exposed to asbestos on the job are more likely to die from lung cancers, mesothelioma, and asbestosis, as well as from stomach cancer and stroke, according to a new study.
Using computed tomography scans to screen former asbestos workers can detect both early and late-stage lung cancer and late-stage mesothelioma
Mesothelin, a protein found on the surface of cells, may be a promising new target for treating mesothelioma
Garlic may reduce the carcinogenicity of asbestos is the conclusion of several studies that have been performed in India
Alive and Thriving with Mesothelioma Ten Years After Diagnosis - An Interview With Ruth Phillips
Carpenters, Plumbers, Electricians Top Workers with Highest Mesothelioma Risk in Britain
Minimal Antibody Panel Highly Effective for Diagnosing Mesothelioma
Newer therapies predominate clinical testing for malignant mesothelioma
New mesothelioma study results on EPP and intracavity hyperthermic cisplatin suggest that stage and negative extrapleural lymph nodes are associated with prolonged survival
Aggressive Surgery with Abdominal Chemotherapy May Offer Best Hope for Peritoneal Mesothelioma Patients
Support Groups Ease the Stress of Living with Mesothelioma
Virtual Bank Helps Mesothelioma Researchers in Quest for the Cure
Improved Diagnosis and Multifaceted Treatment Benefit Mesothelioma Patients
Targeted Therapy Offers More Precise Mesothelioma Treatment
Rhio O’Connor, a seven year mesothelioma survivor, has just released his new book – “They Said Months, I Chose Years: A Mesothelioma Survivor's Story” published by Cancer Monthly.
Widespread Health Concerns Linger After Asbestos-Contaminated Mine Closes
Study Suggests that Greater Asbestos Exposure Shortens Mesothelioma Survival
Adding Chemotherapy Does Little to Improve Survival or Quality of Life in Mesothelioma Patients
Mesothelioma Rare, Difficult to Diagnose in Children
Second Round of Chemotherapy Treatment Promising for Mesothelioma Patients
New study examines immune cells impact on mesothelioma survival
10-Year Mesothelioma Survivor Paul Kraus Gave Another Inspiring Talk to Mesothelioma Patients
Combination Treatment for Peritoneal Mesothelioma Dramatically Boosts Survival
Additional Chemotherapy Treatment Slows Pleural Mesothelioma Progression According to Study
David J. Sugarbaker, MD discusses the pros and cons of surgery for mesothelioma
Virotherapy - a Potential Therapy in Treating Mesothelioma
Molecular signaling pathways may provide clues to targeted therapies for mesothelioma
Dr. Irving Selikoff was one of the first scientists to change the way the world viewed and treated asbestos
Connection between malignant mesothelioma and the overexpression of a genetic protein