Mesothelioma Cancer Resources Blog

Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania reported yesterday that they have made yet another breakthrough in finding a way to enhance the effectiveness of cancer treatments.  This time using a drug commonly used to treat malaria. The finding comes on the heels of a report from Penn last month …

Patients dealing with rare, life-threatening diseases may be able to get promising new drugs and treatments much faster, thanks to a bill introduced by U.S. Senator Kay R. Hagan (D-NC). The legislation targets the 7,000 known rare diseases, such as mesothelioma, Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS) and muscular dystrophy, that do not currently have effective treatments.   Mesothelioma …

The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation announced last week that it has awarded $500,000 in grants to the “best and most promising” mesothelioma research projects for its 2011/2012 Mesothelioma Research Grant Awards.  Funding of these projects is critically important for helping researchers find new, effective treatments that could lead to a cure for the asbestos-caused cancer.   …

Mesothelioma is a painful, incurable cancer known to be caused by exposure to asbestos.  The hazards of asbestos were first identified in the 1920’s, but for years companies ignored the dangers and subjected millions of workers worldwide to the risk of developing mesothelioma or other asbestos-related diseases.  This week, a judge in Turin, Italy, ruled …

Concerned with the increasing number of diagnoses of mesothelioma in Minnesota, researchers at the Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota have partnered “to harness a unique therapeutic approach aimed at the disease.”  The researchers are now recruiting for a phase I clinical trial aimed at determining the effectiveness of an engineered version of the …

Mesothelioma, an asbestos-related cancer, is one of nearly 7,000 conditions identified as an orphan disease in the United States.  Many of these rare illnesses affect so few people that researchers and pharmaceutical companies do not find it beneficial to expend the time, effort or money to find treatments and cures.  However, according to Pharmaceutical-Technology.com, an …

The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) is making one last push to get survey responses from medical or radiation oncologists that treat lung cancer patients.   The survey responses will be compiled by the Young Oncologists Committee (YOC) of ESMO for a study that “aims to understand the use of adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy in …

The results of a recent survey of doctors found that an alarming number of them believe it is okay to tell a patient an “untruth” or to put a positive spin on a patient’s prognosis.  This is counter to the trust that patients place in their physicians to act in their best interest.  When facing …

The recent release of the United States Geological Survey’s (USGS) Mineral Commodity Summaries 2012 has left many mesothelioma advocates shocked by the discovery that the U.S. continues to increase the amount of asbestos imported into the country.  Asbestos is proven to cause deadly respiratory illnesses including mesothelioma, lung cancer, asbestosis and countless other pulmonary diseases.  …

While most cases of mesothelioma affect individuals who were directly exposed to asbestos in the workplace, men who worked around asbestos, and brought the fibers home on their clothing, shoes and in their hair, may have inadvertently exposed their children and spouses to the hazards of the deadly toxin.  One family in England is now …