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• Mesothelioma Study Finds Success in Trimodality Therapy

  
  Asbestos and Mesothelioma News — Authority: 125
  Recently published in the medical journal Lung Cancer , a clinical trial on trimodality therapy for mesothelioma found the combination of surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy (radiation) to improve traditional survival rates among malignant pleural mesothelioma patients. The clinical trial included 35 participants ...
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• Woman Develops Mesothelioma From Secondhand Asbestos Exposure

  
  Asbestos.net News & Information — Authority: 129
  Seven Hills, Queensland, AUSRALIA—In another of a growing number of cases of secondhand asbestos exposure, a woman who contracted mesothelioma from washing her husband’s work clothes is suing the State Government and building products manufacturer James Hardie.The woman, whose first name is Joan and who wishes ...
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• Mesothelioma Prevention: APHA asks Congress to Ban Asbestos

  
  Asbestos and Mesothelioma News — Authority: 125
  The American Public Health Association (APHA) recently voiced its concern on asbestos and asked Congress to pass legislation that would ultimately place a complete ban on the manufacture, sale, export and import of asbestos-containing products in the United States. Celeste Monforton, Chair of APHA’s Occupational ...
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• Mesothelioma Victim’s Son Files Suit Against DuPont

  
  Asbestos.net News & Information — Authority: 129
  Old Hickory, TN—In one of an increasing number of lawsuits against the company, a Tennessee man has filed a wrongful death suit against DuPont, claiming that exposure to asbestos fibers led to the mesothelioma which killed his mother.Ruby Neely, who died earlier this year from the asbestos cancer, was exposed ...
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• Widow of Mesothelioma Victim Speaks Out

  
  Asbestos.net News & Information — Authority: 129
  Trafford, England—Elaine Haskins, 59, is making public her husband’s struggle with mesothelioma in order to promote widespread awareness of this silent killer.Hugh Haskins, who had worked for years as a builder, was exposed to asbestos on the job and eventually contracted mesothelioma as a result. Haskins died in ...
  4 days ago

• New Libby healthcare initiative getting positive feedback

  
  Mesothelioma Center News — Authority: 126
  The new federally funded healthcare initiative targeting people with asbestos-related illnesses in Libby, Montana has begun, and locals have generally responded positively. The $6 million grant that made the initiative possible came from the federal government. To date, hundreds of residents from Libby and the ...
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• Family of Mesothelioma Victim Will Get A Retrial

  
  Asbestos.net News & Information — Authority: 129
  Chattanooga, TN—There will be a new trial in the case of a DuPont retiree who died from the asbestos cancer mesothelioma, and whose family has brought a suit against his former employer and other companies, ruled a three-judge appeals panel.Hugh Todd Nye worked at the Chattanooga DuPont facility from ...
  5 days ago

• Mesothelioma Researchers Find Biological Marker to Help Diagnose Malignant Mesothelioma

  
  Asbestos and Mesothelioma News — Authority: 125
  Turkish researchers have recently identified a biological marker known as D2-40 to be helpful in distinguishing malignant mesothelioma from pulmonary adenocarcinomas. Because pulmonary adenocarcinoma, malignant mesothelioma and benign mesothelioma have great resemblance to one another under a microscope, medical ...
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• Lawsuit Brought Against Two Foreign Corporations By Mesothelioma Victim

  
  Asbestos.net News & Information — Authority: 129
  Tyler, PA—A federal lawsuit filed November 2 in the Tyler Division of the Easter District of Texas alleges that two foreign companies operating in Texas exposed a worker to asbestos, which led directly to his diagnosis of mesothelioma.Robert Plummer, along with his wife Nadine, have filed the suit against T&N ...
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• Mesothelioma Victims Back Asbestos Awareness Campaign

  
  Asbestos.net News & Information — Authority: 129
  Kent, UK—Two victims of the rare, severe cancer known as mesothelioma are backing a British Health and Safety Executive campaign that is publicizing the dangers of asbestos exposure to tradesmen.Former electrician Jack Rekert, who was diagnosed with this unusual cancer of the lungs’ outer lining two years ago, has ...
  6 days ago

• Mesothelioma Law: Asbestos-Related Lawsuit Filed Against 38 Companies

  
  Asbestos and Mesothelioma News — Authority: 125
  A recently filed lawsuit by Cleveland J. Savoy is claiming 38 different companies are responsible for his development of an asbestos-related disease. This is the second suit he has filed. In a previous suit issued against the companies, Savoy claimed a different asbestos-related injury in contrast to his most recent ...
  6 days ago

• Former Architect Dies From Asbestos Cancer Mesothelioma

  
  Asbestos.net News & Information — Authority: 129
  London—Just two months after his diagnosis of mesothelioma, a former architect who worked with asbestos almost 40 years ago has died.Brian Pettit was 66 at the time of his death, for which which coroner Dr. Andrew Reid recorded a verdict of death by industrial disease. Pettit had developed a malignant tumor on his ...
  1 week ago

• New Mesothelioma Test Effective at Predicting Which Patients Will Benefit from Surgery

  
  Asbestos and Mesothelioma News — Authority: 125
  Researchers at the Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts have developed and tested a gene ratio test that helps predict which pleural mesothelioma patients will benefit from surgical procedures and trimodality therapy (multiple modes of therapy). The test, which analyzes relative expression levels of ...
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• Mesothelioma Risk Leads OSHA to Fine Buffalo-Area Contracting Company

  
  Asbestos.net News & Information — Authority: 129
  Cheektowaga, NY—After learning that they engaged in dangerous practices concerning the evaluation of asbestos contamination and the removal of asbestos-containing materials, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined an upstate New York company $50,000.Superior General Contracting, of Buffalo ...
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• Peritoneal Mesothelioma Verdict Overturned on Appeal

  
  Asbestos.net News & Information — Authority: 129
  Miami—Last week a Florida appeals court overturned a verdict of over $24 million in an asbestos liability case. The case will now go back to trial, on order of a panel of the 3rd District Court of Appeal.Dr. Stephen Guilder, who contracted peritoneal mesothelioma after working with asbestos-containing brake pads on ...
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• West Virginia mesothelioma patient denied lump sum payment by insurer

  
  Mesothelioma News — Authority: 139
  Gordon Conley of Charleston, West Virginia has been diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma as a result of working with asbestos during his time as a chemical plant operator and electrician for Union Carbide. He was awarded a substantial amount for his injury claim, though he does not want the exact amount to be ...
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• Mesothelioma

  
  Peoples-Blog: Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer — Authority: 144
  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 Study Finds Optimal Treatment Approach for Peritoneal Mesothelioma

  
  Asbestos and Mesothelioma News — Authority: 125
  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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• Horley Woman Died from Asbestos-Related Mesothelioma

  
  Asbestos.net News & Information — Authority: 129
  Horley, UK—A woman who made her living soldering airplane radios has died from the devastating asbestos cancer mesothelioma.Evelyn Boxall was 77 at the time of her death. She had been diagnosed with mesothelioma after years of working in a plant where she had used an asbestos mat.Asbestos, once prized for its many ...
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• Mount Sinai To Study Mesothelioma, Other Asbestos Diseases in Montana

  
  Asbestos.net News & Information — Authority: 129
  New York—In an announcement made on Monday, researchers from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine discussed a new three-phase study that will investigate the effects of vermiculite mining in the Libby, Montana area on residents’ health. The asbestos contamination in that region has contributed to a number of ...
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