Active agent from the Caribbean sea cucumber could improve treatment for malignant pleural mesothelioma
Researchers at the Comprehensive Cancer Center of MedUni Vienna and Vienna General Hospital have discovered a new option for treating malign...
Landmark asbestosis ruling is good news for sufferers, UK
Court of Appeal rules entitlement to proportional compensation from as low as 2.3%. from Asbestos / Mesothelioma News From Medical News To...
Mesothelioma surgery improves quality of life, study finds
Although surgery can prolong the lives of patients with an aggressive type of cancer called malignant pleural mesothelioma, many patients av...
Immunotherapy with live bacterium improves response rate in malignant pleural mesothelioma
Immunotherapy with a live bacterium combined with chemotherapy demonstrated more than 90% disease control and 59% response rate in patients ...
Mesothelioma gene-targeting drug looks hopeful
A new study shows that HOX genes are significantly disrupted in malignant mesothelioma, and targeting them with a drug called HXR9 stopped t...
Gene study uncovers 'spectrum of mutations' in mesothelioma
A genomic analysis of over 200 mesothelioma tumors uncovers previously unknown mutations - some of which arise in other cancers and may be t...
The test that reveals cancer sooner
MorNuCo Laboratories of West Lafayette, Indiana, and their ONCOblot® Test recently completed a retrospective clinical trial focusing on the ...
Study suggests improvements in how mesothelioma is staged
Weight and volume of tumor help predict survival.A new study suggests that significant improvements could be made in the scoring system phys...
Doctors must stay vigilant re: asbestos exposure, Australia
Rates of malignant mesothelioma (MM) have levelled off in Australia, but the changing patterns of asbestos-related diseases mean clinicians ...
Mutation of BAP1 gene passed down over centuries
Four unrelated families share identical BAP1 mutation. University of Hawai'i Cancer Center researchers discovered members of four famili...
Workers are not being protected from occupational diseases and deaths, argues expert
British workers are not being protected from occupational diseases and deaths, argues an expert in The BMJ this week. from Asbestos / Meso...
Cancer-causing asbestos found in children's crayons
The news that traces of asbestos have been found in children's crayons in Australia and Canada should be treated seriously says the UK A...