Mesothelioma Cancer Resources Blog

Source: Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology Investigations into the underlying cellular processes that lead to cancer have revealed a number of interesting findings regarding the biological conditions responsible for tumor development. Individual forms of the disease emerge from mutations and malfunctions of particular genes and the attendant changes in protein complexes and cell …

Source: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health From the earliest reports of lung disorders in asbestos workers, which date from the early 1900s, to our current time where asbestos has been conclusively shown to cause a number of terrible cancers and diseases—with the various forms of mesothelioma, such as pleural mesothelioma and peritoneal mesothelioma, …

Source: Molecular Cancer Therapeutics In mesothelioma research, as in most forms of disease research, the attempt to understand the basic biological features of tumor growth is one of the most active areas of contemporary study. Investigations in this area continue for nearly all forms of cancer with the ultimate goal being the development of therapeutic …

Source: Alfacell Corporation Alfacell Corporation has begun the process of conducting the formal statistical analysis of the results of its Phase IIIb Clinical Trial on the use of ONCONASE® in patients with unresectable malignant mesothelioma. The trial was designed to show that multi-agent use of ONCONASE and doxorubicin for patients with pleural mesothelioma not amenable …