Mesothelioma Cancer Resources Blog

The New York mesothelioma law firm of Belluck & Fox, LLP has updated its website to include more video reports, a live chat window and other features to better educate and inform New Yorkers about their rights. Belluck & Fox, LLP is a nationally recognized law firm that represents individuals with asbestos and mesothelioma claims. …

A recently released government-funded study shows that an annual CT scan can spot lung cancer early and reduce the risk of heavy smokers dying from the disease by 20 percent.  These scans may also be beneficial for the early detection of mesothelioma, an asbestos-related pulmonary cancer.  Exposure to asbestos is a risk factor that increases …

Receiving a diagnosis of mesothelioma can be frightening and overwhelming.  Not only are patients and their family faced with the uncertainty of their future, but the medical challenges that the patient faces can seem insurmountable.   To help people diagnosed with cancer deal with just this uncertainty, the Wellness Community (TWC) offers the “Patient Active concept.” …

 Mesothelioma, a rare, incurable cancer of the lining of the lungs or abdomen, has challenged the medical community for years.  Mesothelioma is diagnosed in 2,000 to 3,000 American’s each year, with just as many dying from the disease.  Although researchers have made progress in recent years, the ability to identify an effective treatment modality for …

International Mesothelioma Interest Group (IMIG), an independent international group of scientists and clinicians working to understand, cure and prevent mesothelioma, announced their new officers for the 2010-2012 term.  Steven Mutsaers, PhD, was unanimously selected to serve as president.  Mutsaers has served as Secretary of IMIG since 1997.  IMIG holds yearly conferences and other meetings where …

President Obama has declared November National Hospice Month as a time to “recognize those who allow the terminally ill to receive comfortable and dignified care.”  Turning to a hospice program is one option to explore when a mesothelioma patient no longer responds to a prescribed treatment plan, and the primary caregiver needs support caring for …

The conditions of the World Trade Center Disaster Site Litigation settlement have been met making way for first responders to receive their portion of the close to $700 million allocated for the workers.  About 400 tons of asbestos were used in the towers, and upon their collapse, asbestos and other toxic substances were released into …

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have completed the data collection portion of their $4.9 million/5 year study about respiratory diseases in taconite miners.  Over 50 miners in the Minnesota Iron Range taconite mine have been found to have mesothelioma, an asbestos-related cancer.  Since there is no known asbestos in the iron ore deposit, mine …

The University of Pennsylvania School Of Medicine (Penn Medicine) announced Steven M. Albelda, M.D., vice chief, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Division, director of Lung Research and director, Thoracic Oncology Laboratories, received the Wagner Medal for Excellence in Mesothelioma Research award.  Albelda was recognized for his many years of creative and productive contributions to the …

Some researchers believe that a form of Vitamin E may be effective in inducing apoptosis, or cell death, and suppressing cancer growth in malignant mesothelioma.  In various studies conducted within the last 5 years, researchers found that alpha tocepherol, the most prevalent form of vitamin E in the body as well as that administered as …