Patients diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma are most frequently offered a treatment approach that combines radiation therapy, chemotherapy and surgical removal of the tumors that have infiltrated the body. The specifics of that recommendation will be based on the specifics of their condition, the cell type of their cancer, and their physician’s beliefs regarding the
A 64-year-old resident of Hawaii is the latest mesothelioma victim to file a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, accusing the company of knowing that its popular baby powder product was contaminated with asbestos and failing to warn the public of that risk. The suit is one of the first to be filed since the announcement
A St. Louis jury ordered Ford Motor Company to pay $8.433 million in compensation to lifelong resident Al Bennett and his wife Pam after hearing evidence that the company had exposed him to asbestos, leading to his diagnosis with malignant pleural mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is a fatal form of cancer that affects the lining of the
When it comes to diagnosing malignant mesothelioma, physicians have several tools available. Doctors rely on the information that their patients provide about their history of exposure to asbestos, as well as the symptoms that they display, and based upon that information they order imaging studies, blood tests and biopsies. While X-rays and cat scans look
Situated in Bay City, Michigan, along the Saginaw River, Defoe Shipbuilding Company was one of the smaller-sized vessel repair and construction yards during World War II. While the shipyard helped the U.S. Navy and the war effort, workers often experienced exposure to asbestos on the job. The History of the Defoe Shipbuilding Company Initially known
One of the shining lights in mesothelioma research can be found at the Baylor College of Medicine Lung Institute, where the Houston-based center’s Mesothelioma Treatment Center has long been on the cutting edge of both research and patient care. Now their associate professor of surgery Dr. Bryan Burt is taking their investigations one step further,
When a patient is diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma, they almost immediately sit down with their care team to create a care plan. With the treatments currently available, that plan is likely to include chemotherapy, and if possible it will include either extra pleural pneumonectomy (EPP) surgery or pleurectomy with decortication (P/D) surgery, with the latter
A researcher who has devoted ten years to finding the right target for cancer-fighting CAR-T cells has announced extremely positive results from a Phase 1 clinical trial focused on patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. The study injected the treatment directly into the chest cavity of 27 patients rather than delivering the medication intravenously, and delivered
A protein that is found in the brain and other tissues has been linked directly to malignant mesothelioma, making it easier for physicians to diagnose the condition, as well as to craft a tailored course of treatment and set expectations for patients as to their prognosis. The protein is a biomarker known as BDNF, or
A New York jury has awarded $25 million in compensatory damages to a 66-year-old woman who blames their talc-based baby powder product for her malignant mesothelioma. Donna Olson and her husband Robert filed their lawsuit in 2017, indicating that she had used both Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder and their scented Shower to Shower product