Innovative stem cell research is being conducted by mesothelioma specialists at the Pacific Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. There are hopes that the novel approach may be able to provide new hope for those suffering from this most-serious of asbestos-related diseases, as well as for other forms of cancer including lung cancer and cancers of
A new report published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine indicated that mesothelioma is a risk no matter how high or low the level of asbestos exposure occurs. The information was culled from data gathered as part of the Netherlands Cohort Study, a study that has been conducted since 1986 that involves over
Those mesothelioma patients that have already undergone a chemotherapeutic course course of pemetrexed may gain benefits from undergoing a second course with a different medication known as vinorelbine. Though Pemetrexed and a platinum-based medication called cisplatin are the most traditional first-line course of chemotherapy treatment used in mesothelioma patients, physicians have found that the use
A study presented at the 15th World Conference on Lung Cancer has provided controversial information. It indicates that when the patients who are deemed healthiest among mesothelioma victims undergo surgery, it does not provide an appreciable improvement in the patient’s survival rates. The study was conducted in Italy and included data from almost 1,400 patients
The results of a new study were released by researchers from the Queen Mary’s Barts Cancer Institute in London, and they offer great promise for those hoping to slow down or stop the growth of mesothelioma tumors. The results, which revolved around the application of a new drug that is designed to deprive the tumor
A recent study conducted by scientists at Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, United Kingdom,indicated that an invasive keyhole surgery called video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, or VATS, does nothing to extend mesothelioma patients’ survival rates but does make a considerable improvement in their quality of life. The study was presented at the 15th World Conference on Lung Cancer.
For those who work in health advocacy, and particularly those who focus on asbestos-related diseases, news of loss and waste as a result of exposure to asbestos is nothing new. But a recent report by the World Health Organization (WHO) shocked even those who work with bad news every day. The report, which was published
A just-released study from researchers at New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has revealed an alarming trend of diagnoses in patients under age 50, particularly among younger women with no self-reported history of asbestos exposure. The study’s authors urge physicians to familiarize themselves with the symptoms of the rare form of cancer and consider
A family in the United Kingdom has secured a five-figure mesothelioma settlement following the death of their father, a longtime Ford production worker. The man died from the asbestos-related cancer months after being diagnosed, and his exposure was traced to asbestos-lagged pipes at Ford’s Dagenham and Basildon manufacturing facilities. He’d worked at the facility for
Gold Bond has been one of America’s most recognized medicated powder brands since the company’s founding, back in 1908. For most of its history, Gold Bond powders relied on talc as a primary ingredient. Unfortunately, talc and asbestos deposits are frequently adjacent, and that led to many talc-based products — including Gold Bond — being