Mesothelioma Cancer Resources Blog

Advocates visiting New York City’s Rockefeller Plaza for Mesothelioma Awareness Day on Sept. 26 performed a vital service to the public by educating them about the relatively unknown form of asbestos-related cancer, New York personal injury attorney Joseph W. Belluck said today. According to the Meso Foundation, volunteers perched on 30 Rockefeller Plaza for a …

Today is National Mesothelioma Awareness Day.  The day was set aside by Congress as a time to raise the public’s awareness of the dangers of asbestos exposure.  Mesothelioma, an asbestos-caused cancer, is diagnosed in close to 3,000 Americans each year.  90,000 people worldwide die each year from asbestos-related lung cancer, mesothelioma and asbestosis. Mesothelioma is …

Personalized medicine is considered the wave of the future in the effective treatment of cancer patients.  When treating mesothelioma, an asbestos-caused cancer, physicians have found that by tailoring the treatment to an individual’s unique characteristics they optimize the potential for success by offering the right treatment at the right time.  Just as personalized medicine is …