Mesothelioma Cancer Treatment Information

• European Oncology Group Publishes Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Malignant Mesothelioma
  The incidence of malignant mesothelioma, a respiratory cancer associated with inhaling asbestos, is expected to double in many countries in the next 20 years, according to the European Society of Medical Oncology. In the United States, approximately 2,500 to 3,000 people die of mesothelioma each year. In an article in the July issue of the Annals [...]
• Ten-Fold Increase in Mesothelioma Deaths in Great Britain
  Deaths from mesothelioma, a respiratory cancer associated with asbestos exposure, have increased more than ten-fold in Great Britain over 40 years. A study in the July issue of the British Journal of Cancer noted that mesothelioma deaths now represented more than 1 percent of all cancer deaths in Great Britain. Mesothelioma develops in the lining [...]
• Response of Mesothelioma Patients’ Tumors to Chemotherapy May Offer Clues
  Researchers at Columbia University report that changes in the size of tumors in patients with pleural mesothelioma who have undergone chemotherapy may be useful in predicting their response to treatment and survival. Pleural Mesothelioma is an incurable cancer of the lining of the lung associated with exposure to asbestos. Thousands of Americans have been exposed [...]
• Researchers Report Clearer Understanding of How Asbestos Causes Mesothelioma
  The paradox of how asbestos kills cells and yet spurs growth of cancerous tumors has perplexed scientists for decades. A group of scientists led by researchers at the University of Hawaii claim to have new insights into the process. Their research may offer new tools to identify people at risk of developing mesothelioma and to [...]
• California Reconsiders State Symbol Associated with Chrysotile Asbestos
  For more than 40 years, California’s official state rock has been serpentine, a greenish gray rock linked to the state’s gold rush. But serpentine is a primary source of asbestos, a mineral fiber that causes serious respiratory disease in humans including mesothelioma, a cancer of the lining of the lungs or abdomen. Chrysotile asbestos, the most [...]
• Mesothelioma Specialist Named Chief of Thoracic Surgery at Mount Sinai
  Renowned thoracic surgeon Raja M. Flores, M.D., who specializes in treating mesothellioma, lung cancer and esophageal cancer, has been named Chief of Thoracic Surgery at The Mount Sinai Medical Center and Director of the Thoracic Surgery Oncology Program at Mount Sinai Cancer Center, the Medical Center announced. “Dr. Flores joins us at a propitious [...]
• Clinical Trial of Experimental Mesothelioma Drug Promising
  Researchers announced positive results from tests of an experimental anti-cancer drug known as NGR-hTNF in controlling the cancer of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is an incurable cancer of the lining of the lung associated with asbestos exposure. NGR-hTNF is a novel drug compound that includes a peptide—a chain of amino acids—that homes in on [...]
• Researchers Estimate Effect of Surgery to Extend Lives of Mesothelioma Patients
  Researchers at the University College London sought to estimate whether patients with malignant mesothelioma who undergo surgery to remove a portion of the cancerous lining of the lung or abdomen survive longer than patients who receive other kinds of treatment. Mesothelioma is a cancer of the lining of the lung or abdomen closely associated with [...]
• Study Explores Surgery and Combo of New Chemotherapy Drugs
  Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston have been recruiting patients with malignant mesothelioma for a study of the effectiveness of using a combination of chemotherapy drugs after removal of cancerous tumors. Pleural Mesothelioma is a cancer of the lining of the lung and is closely linked to inhaling asbestos fibers. The symptoms of mesothelioma [...]
• Resolution Proposes Asbestos Awareness Week for April 2010
  Sen. Max Baucus of Montana has introduced a resolution proposing the first week of April 2010 as Asbestos Awareness Week to improve public understanding of the dangers of asbestos exposure and prevalence of asbestos-related disease. Nearly 300 people in the small community of Libby, Montana have died of asbestos-related disease linked to a former W.R. Grace [...]