Mesothelioma Cancer

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• Mesothelioma – Spotting Mesothelioma

  
  World News — Authority: 461
  Only 2,000 to 3,000 new diagnoses of malignant mesothelioma cancer crop up each year in the U.S., making it an uncommon type of cancer. Causes point to asbestos exposure in the past and the cancer can take anywhere from 20 to 40 years to show up.
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• Mesothelioma

  
  Peoples-Blog: Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer — Authority: 143
  www.ofmesothelioma.co.cc - Mesothelioma is an incurable asbestos cancer. This short film was produced to raise awareness of the issues around mesothelioma. It includes interviews with people who have the disease. It was produced for Action Mesothelioma day on belhalf of Forum of Asbestos…
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• Mesothelioma-causing asbestos removal first step in rehabilitating aging theater

  
  Mesothelioma Center News — Authority: 126
  At the aging State Theatre in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, work is well underway on a project that will breathe new life into an old building. Thanks to volunteers ranging from film buffs to generous community members, a great deal of work has been completed on the theater. To date, about a million dollars worth of ...
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• Mesothelioma Study Finds Optimal Treatment Approach for Peritoneal Mesothelioma

  
  Peoples-Blog: Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer — Authority: 143
  A study recently published in the European Journal of Surgical Oncology found cytoreductive surgery followed by intraperitoneal chemotherapy to be most effective at treating peritoneal mesothelioma.Caused almost exclusively by asbestos exposure, peritoneal mesothelioma is an extremely rare cancer that is very ...
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• Despite complaints, preparations for burial of asbestos debris continues in Iowa

  
  Mesothelioma Center News — Authority: 126
  In Bondurant, Iowa, thousands of tons of construction debris are being disposed of by burial, a move that is not being supported by officials from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. The burial procedure has raised some controversy. Polk County District Judge Joel Novak ordered the burial as part of a settlement ...
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• Former shelter for homeless veterans contains asbestos

  
  Mesothelioma Center News — Authority: 126
  In Albuquerque, New Mexico, a former shelter that catered to homeless veterans has been found to contain asbestos, in addition to human waste and other debris. City officials discovered the contaminants and garbage cluttering the Sundowner Motel on old Route 66 last week. Mere weeks ago, the Sundowner was the home of ...
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• Mesothelioma Treatment Improved with Addition of Sirolimus

  
  Peoples-Blog: Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer — Authority: 143
  Researchers at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts have found that adding sirolimus to chemotherapy with cisplatin was more effective at treating mesothelioma than with cisplatin alone.Sirolimus, which is also known as rapamycin, is an immunosuppressant drug traditionally used to prevent ...
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• Mesothelioma-causing asbestos debris piling up along Florida parkway

  
  Mesothelioma Center News — Authority: 126
  In Sebring, Florida, the state’s Department of Environmental Protection has identified 12 sites along the Sebring Parkway where concrete debris has tested positive for asbestos . The samples, collected over the past two months, are not the only asbestos danger in the area: large piles of pipes made from ...
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• Mesothelioma Case Filed Against DuPont

  
  Peoples-Blog: Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer — Authority: 143
  A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against DuPont and 20 other companies for the passing of Ruby Neely, who died from the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma.Roger Neely, Ruby Neely’s son, filed the suit in Tennessee alleging his mother’s cancer was caused by asbestos fibers carried home on his father’s ...
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• Mesothelioma Treatment: Imaging Scans May Improve Radiation Therapy

  
  Peoples-Blog: Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer — Authority: 143
  A study recently published in the medical journal Radiation Oncology compared the use of imaging scans for their effectiveness at improving radiation therapy planning in pleural mesothelioma patients. Researchers found that co-registered PET and CT scans produced better results than CT scans alone.Both CT (computed ...
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• DuPont sued again following mesothelioma cancer death

  
  Mesothelioma Center News — Authority: 126
  Chemical giant DuPont is facing yet another asbestos-related lawsuit. This time, the plaintiff is Roger Neely, the son of former DuPont worker Lively Neely. For over twenty years, Lively Neely brought home asbestos dust on his work clothes, which Roger Neely now believes caused the death of his mother, Ruby. Ruby ...
  5 days ago

• Mesothelioma Testing Provided for Libby Residents

  
  Peoples-Blog: Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer — Authority: 143
  After declaring a public health emergency for the town of Libby, Montana in June earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will begin using a $6 million health care grant today, November 9, for treating patients with an asbestos-related ...
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• Prometheus announces new mesothelioma diagnostic test

  
  Mesothelioma News — Authority: 139
  Prometheus Laboratories Inc. has announced the nationwide commercial launch of ProOnc Mesothelioma Dx and two other cancer diagnostic products, ProOnc TumorSource Dx and ProOnc Squamous Dx. All three tests are based on highly sensitive, recently developed microRNA technology. MicroRNAs are tiny non-coding sequences of ...
  6 days ago

• Medal of Honor war veteran lifts hope at Brooks VA Medical Center

  
  Mesothelioma Center News — Authority: 126
  Walking down the halls of the Overton Brooks VA Medical Center in Shreveport on Thursday was Gary Lee Litrell, a sergeant first class advisor of the Vietnam War. His visit to the VA facility took place just hours after he received a hearty welcome at the Shreveport Regional Airport. As a payback and tribute to his ...
  1 week ago

• Mount Sinai Medical Center Assessing Mesothelioma Impact in Libby, Montana

  
  Peoples-Blog: Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer — Authority: 143
  Researchers at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine have announced that thousands of residents and workers in Libby, Montana are at risk for developing mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos-contaminated vermiculite ore for nearly a century.Libby is the site where W.R. Grace and Company operated a toxic ...
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• Australian organization criticized for failing to observe asbestos regulations

  
  Mesothelioma Center News — Authority: 126
  In Australia, the WorkSafe organization is facing harsh criticism after they failed to properly investigate an incident at an East Melbourne hospital. During the incident, workers were exposed to asbestos at the Mercy Hospital site. Two men at the site were sawing through concrete that contained asbestos, resulting in ...
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• Mesothelioma Trimodality Therapy Benefits Patients

  
  Asbestos and Mesothelioma News — Authority: 422
  In a study recently published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , mesothelioma researchers found a trimodality therapeutic approach of chemotherapy, surgery and radiation to be effective in treating malignant pleural mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is a cancer caused almost exclusively by asbestos exposure. A long ...
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• Mesothelioma Trimodality Therapy Benefits Patients

  
  Peoples-Blog: Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer — Authority: 143
  In a study recently published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, mesothelioma researchers found a trimodality therapeutic approach of chemotherapy, surgery and radiation to be effective in treating malignant pleural mesothelioma.Mesothelioma is a cancer caused almost exclusively by asbestos exposure. A long latency ...
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• Practicing yoga could increase quality of life for mesothelioma patients

  
  Mesothelioma Center News — Authority: 126
  Major cancer centers across the country are taking a second look at yoga. Big names such as Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, are now offering yoga classes to their patients. With a history of being written off as an exercise fad, yoga has been finding its way into recent ...
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• Mesothelioma Compensation: $20 Million Settlement Awarded to Maryland Resident

  
  Peoples-Blog: Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer — Authority: 143
  A Baltimore city jury has recently awarded more than $20 million to a woman who contracted mesothelioma cancer after being exposed to asbestos during the late 1960s.Jocelyn Farrar, a 57-year-old nursing professor at the University of Maryland, believes she developed malignant mesothelioma after experiencing secondary ...
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