Most mesothelioma victims were exposed to asbestos in the workplace and were never told of its dangers or given proper protective gear. The great tragedy of mesothelioma is that it was preventable. Many of the corporations that manufactured and profited from the sale of asbestos-containing products were aware of the hazards of asbestos. These companies did not warn of the risks or protect workers. It is their legal duty to know about about their products, to test them for any potential hazards. If a potential hazard does exist, the company has a responsibility to warn workers of the hazards. In many cases, they hid the knowledge they had in order to protect themselves from liability or having to find a new business model. The result is that many workers have unnecessarily developed mesothelioma.
Wisconsin, (WI) News UpdatesIndividual versus standard quality of life assessment in a phase II clinical trial in mesothelioma patients - Mon, 12 May 2008 Source: Lung Cancer Full Title:Individual versus standard quality of life assessment in a phase II clinical trial in mesothelioma patients: Feasibility and responsiveness to clinical changes With cancer research so often dominated by talk of scientific programs and technological advances, it is often easy to forget that this research exists for one reason only: to save people’s lives. While improvements in the science behind cancer treatments have been the primary reason for the great advances made in cancer therapies during the last ten yea... Continue > The value of occult disease in resection margin and lymph node after extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant mesothelioma - Thu, 08 May 2008 Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Evan as advancements in medicine’s ability to diagnose and treat mesothelioma have had a positive impact in the lives of many people, the disease is still often diagnosed only in its advanced stages where the common treatments f... Continue > Trimodality treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma - Wed, 07 May 2008 Source: Journal of Thoracic Oncology Although a number of studies have shown that multimodal approaches to the treatment of mesothelioma have achieved some measure of local disease control, there is still controversy surrounding a number of issues, including which protocols are the most effective, which patients are the most likely to benefit from therapy and just how effective any of these treatments are when it comes... Continue > Video-assisted cervical thoracoscopy: a novel approach for diagnosis, staging and pleurodesis of malignant pleural mesothelioma - Tue, 06 May 2008 Source: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Mesothelioma is one of the most difficult of all cancers to treat effectively. A patient is often diagnosed only after the disease has progressed to a more advanced
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