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German Researchers Work Towards More Sensitive Mesothelioma Blood Test
Of all the breakthroughs that malignant mesothelioma researchers are working towards, one that is seen as having critical value is an early detection tool. Because the rare and deadly form of cancer’s diagnosis always comes so late in the disease’s spread, it leaves physicians with few treatment protocols, and leaves patients with extremely short survival
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Study of People From Asbestos-Contaminated Village Discover That Children’s Mesothelioma Risk Is Different From That of Adults
When a town is exposed to high levels of asbestos, the entire community is at risk for malignant mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases. This has happened in the town of Libby, Montana, as well as those who lived in Wittenoom, Australia, a town that was literally shut down as a result of contamination from a
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Companies Accused of Causing Mesothelioma Claim Bias from New York Asbestos Court
The city of New York is where many of the country’s mesothelioma and asbestos-related disease lawsuits are heard. It is the location of an asbestos court that has been established specifically to address the various issues involving asbestos exposure. However, many of the asbestos companies that face accusations of negligence and claims of liability are
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New York Study Reveals Improved Mesothelioma Survival With Conservative Surgery
One of the most frequently-debated issues amongst those providing treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma is whether to a conservative surgical approach called pleurectomy decortication (PD) or the more aggressive extra pleural pneumonectomy (EPP) procedure that removes the entire lung. Each technique has its proponents, but a recent study conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine
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Newly Announced Grant Adds $10.7 Million in Funding for Mesothelioma Research
The National Cancer Institute has just announced that it will be providing a $10.7 million grant to support research into an innovative treatment for malignant mesothelioma. The funding will go to the Translational Center of Excellence for Lung Cancer Immunology at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania so that researchers there can
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Supreme Court of New York County Upholds Jury’s Decision in Woman’s Peritoneal Mesothelioma Case
The Supreme Court of New York County recently heard an appeal of a case involving a woman’s diagnosis and death from peritoneal mesothelioma. Though the company named responsible for her illness argued against the verdict, the higher court agreed with the jury, agreeing that the evidence supported their conclusion that her illness had been caused
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Florida Supreme Court Reinstates $8 Million Mesothelioma Award
It’s been a long and challenging legal journey for mesothelioma victim Richard De Lisle, but after years of court battles saw him awarded $8 million by a jury only to have the 4th District Court of Appeals overturn the ruling, he has finally won. Upon hearing arguments on his behalf, the Florida Supreme Court ruled
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Is Artificial Intelligence the Future of Mesothelioma Diagnosis?
Artificial intelligence sounds more like something out of a science fiction movie than a tool for doctors to diagnose malignant mesothelioma. But researchers who are working to perfect the transformative technology are predicting that it will become an integral tool in quickly and accurately identifying the rare and fatal form of cancer, that will allow
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Mesothelioma Widow Prevails Against Louisiana Pacific Corporation
In many instances, when people are seeking justice following a malignant mesothelioma loss, they are pursuing the asbestos companies that provided the materials that were contaminated by the carcinogenic material. But there are just as many cases in which employees or their survivors pursue workers’ compensation claims against their former employers. The Workers’ Compensation Court
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Swiss Researchers Find Novel Way to Administer Cancer and Mesothelioma-Fighting Compound
People diagnosed with all types of cancer, including malignant pleural mesothelioma, have been encouraged by reports that a compound found in red wine might help to minimize the impact of the disease, but the discovery has met with several challenges. Initial reports of laboratory success were tempered by word that the compound, known as resveratrol,
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Study Shows Recommendations Against Surgery Work Against Mesothelioma Patients
A new study of mesothelioma patient outcomes is raising important questions about recommended treatment protocols for patients with all types of malignant pleural mesothelioma. The study, a collaborative effort between the Maryland Proton Treatment Center, Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh and Penn Medicine in Philadelphia, was the largest of its kind: it compared survival times
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Mobile App Will Make Finding The Right Mesothelioma Care Easier
We all know that mobile apps and smart phones have made our lives infinitely easier, but few mesothelioma patients dreamed that ease would reach as far as helping them identify appropriate medical care. That is exactly what is being promised by an app called Driver that was recently introduced in the United States and China.
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Montana Newspaper Looks Back on Asbestos and Mesothelioma Death as Libby’s Legacy
“Plague” is the word that Montana Standard writer David McCumber uses to describe the mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases that have stricken the town of Libby. The writer recently published a remarkable elegy to the town of Libby, which has struggled with the aftermath of asbestos contamination for over 60 years, and where long-time residents
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Supreme Court to Hear Asbestos Exposure Case That Will Impact Mesothelioma Victims
There have been countless mesothelioma victims whose lawsuits against the companies they blame for their illness have run up against the “bare metal defense” – where a manufacturer whose equipment uses an asbestos-containing component denies responsibility because that component was provided by a third party supplier. Those cases have been emotional roller coasters, as some
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Family Prevails in Mesothelioma Wrongful Death Lawsuit
The Court of Appeals of California recently resolved a contentious mesothelioma lawsuit in which an asbestos company attempted to deny the children of a deceased man the right to pursue wrongful death claims. The case pitted Elementis Chemicals, Inc. against the adult children of Marty Marteney, who died of mesothelioma in January of 2015.
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UK Mesothelioma Nurse Receives $10,500 Quality of Life Grant
Mesothelioma research tends to focus in on the hard science of the disease: biomarkers, cells, the impact of specific medications or doses of radiation. By contrast, far fewer studies are done on the real-life impact that the disease has on the lives of its victims – how facing a rare and fatal form of cancer
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Compound in Cow’s Milk May Help Kill Malignant Mesothelioma Cells
When you were a kid and your mother told you to drink your milk, you probably never dreamed that the white stuff you poured over your cereal might hold the key to curing malignant mesothelioma. Though it would definitely be a stretch to think that drinking more cow’s milk could eradicate the asbestos-related disease, as
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Penn Study Ties Improved Radiotherapy Technology to Better Mesothelioma Outcomes
Though most patients diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma are treated using a multimodality treatment combining surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy, it has long been accepted that radiation therapy provides the least benefit of the three. Though the tool can effectively kill cells, its lack of precision has made it unwieldy when treating the challenging landscape of
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New Jersey Jury to Hear Second Baby Powder Mesothelioma Case
In the next several months, juries all over the United States will be hearing testimony about asbestos in Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder causing mesothelioma and other forms of cancer. In New Jersey, one such trial resulted in a verdict of $117 million for a mesothelioma victim, and now a new jury has been seated
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Identification of Mesothelioma “Fingerprint” Opens Many New Doors
Mesothelioma researchers have long hoped to find a conclusive way of identifying whether a patient’s cancer was caused by exposure to asbestos, and now a group of Italian scientists say that they have accomplished that goal. Researchers from the Marche Polytechnic University in Ancona, Italy recently identified a microRNA “signature” that is consistently found in
