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In 2010, Jonathan C. Daniel, MD, Thoracic Surgeon and Assistant Professor in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Arizona Department of Surgery began offering extrapleural pneumonectomy surgery for mesothelioma patients – the first for residents of southern Arizona. With the introduction of this surgery, Daniel hoped to turn UA into the premier …

The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation announced last month that with the signature of President Obama on the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013, funding for mesothelioma research will continue in 2013.  The Meso Foundation is one of the largest organizations to advocate for mesothelioma patients, and it attributes its advocacy efforts for helping to secure the funding. The mesothelioma …

Researchers at the University of Hawaii Cancer Center are well known for their groundbreaking research into the causes of mesothelioma, and for finding novel treatments to battle the rare, asbestos-caused cancer. Now the team has moved operations into a new environmentally green, $16 million, 150,000-square-foot research facility, where the director of the center says by …