Mesothelioma Cancer Resources Blog

Mesothelioma is an aggressive, incurable cancer caused by asbestos exposure that often leaves patients with few treatment options and a prognosis of less than one year after diagnosis.  Asbestos was widely used in building materials in homes, schools, factories and other industrial settings for much of the 20th century. Its use was largely restricted in …

Patients affected by rare and orphan diseases, and their advocates fighting for more research and increased funding to bring effective treatments to the marketplace, just got a big boost from a $10 million anonymous gift to the University of Pennsylvania.   Penn has put the funds to good use by establishing the Penn Center for Orphan …

By Nancy Meredith Michele Carbone, MD, PhD, one of the world’s premiere authorities on mesothelioma and director of the University of Hawaii Cancer Center, has once again concluded a groundbreaking study that could have far-reaching implications of the environmental risks on the health of some Americans.  Carbone and his research team have concluded that exposure …