Corewell Health, previously known as Beaumont, has a nationally recognized cancer program whose specialists and subspecialists work collaboratively to treat the most difficult types of cancer, including malignant pleural mesothelioma, lung cancer, and malignant peritoneal mesothelioma.
Henry Ford Health Cancer Center is an innovative, multidisciplinary cancer treatment center located in Detroit, Michigan. Included among the staff of over 1,500 cancer specialists are medical professionals with deep expertise in pleural mesothelioma and lung cancer, as well as malignant peritoneal mesothelioma.
The VA Boston Healthcare System is one of the country’s top veterans’ hospitals. With three locations in Boston, Massachusetts, it provides care for those who served in America’s military and who have been diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma or lung cancer following exposure to asbestos during their time of service.
The VA West Los Angeles Medical Center is one of the top treatment facilities for veterans diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma and lung cancer. Located in Los Angeles, it provides primary and specialty care services to those exposed to asbestos during their years of military service.
A large, multi-institutional analysis using the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) staging database shows that molecular alterations in mesothelioma cells significantly influence survival. Tracking these changes may also improve the ability to predict survival beyond what is currently being used for these assessments.
The USS Harold J. Ellison (DD-864) was a Gearing-class destroyer launched and commissioned in 1945. Over nearly four decades, her deployments included Cold War peacekeeping operations, combat duty in Vietnam, and participation in the early American space program. Unfortunately, those years also saw her crew members exposed to the many asbestos-containing materials found throughout the
The USS Harwood (DD/DDE-861) was a Gearing-class destroyer launched and commissioned in 1945. The ship served in the Far East, was sent on Cold War Mediterranean deployments, and participated in intense combat during the Vietnam War. Though many of these engagements put her crew at risk, perhaps the greatest hazard faced by those onboard was
Boeing has produced commercial jetliners, military aircraft, and defense systems for more than a century, and stands among the world’s premier aerospace manufacturers. But throughout decades of operations from the 1930s into the 1980s, the corporation integrated asbestos-containing components throughout the aircraft it produced. The company’s unfettered use of the toxic mineral put thousands of
Scientists at Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine have developed an experimental approach that could eventually benefit mesothelioma patients. The CAR T cell immunotherapy breakthrough takes a different approach to treating solid tumors like mesothelioma, targeting tumors’ protective cells rather than cancer cells directly.
The Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) program was an ambitious modernization initiative undertaken by the U.S. Navy from the late 1950s through the mid-1960s. While FRAM successfully transformed hundreds of aging World War II-era destroyers into capable Cold War combatants, extending their service lives came at a cost. With asbestos used extensively in the original