A Virus Targeting Mesothelioma?

Farassati, assistant professor with the University’s Medical School and member of the Cancer Center’s Genetic Mechanisms of Cancer Research Program, received a $100,000 grant in 2007 from the Meso Foundation. Read More

Mesothelioma Clinical Trial

This study "Cisplatin, Pemetrexed, and Imatinib Mesylate in Malignant Mesothelioma" is currently recruiting participants.


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A Legal Question:

Will Pennsylvania will adopt the American Law Institute’s Restatement of Torts to recognize elements of negligence in product liability cases?

Mesothelioma Legal Representation

It takes 15 to 60 years for the disease to develop, dating back to the beginning of (or first) exposure. Now, think of this: the disease must be developed before compensation is made. That length of time means that by the time of exposure, the responsible business entity doesn’t even exist any more. This can make getting compensation a tricky thing. With no mesothelioma cure, prognosis is poor and treatment is limited.

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What Questions Regarding Mesothelioma Might You Ask Yourself?

Ask Yourself if You Were Exposed to Asbestos in the Last 50 Years

Malignant Mesothelioma Drug Submission

ONCONASE is being discussed for the treatment of malignant mesothelioma; a pre-NDA meeting is planned in January 2009 to discuss the final components. The actual effectiveness may still be statistically indeterminate, and conditional on a very specific data set regarding patients who failed one prior chemotherapy regimen. The U.S. commercial rights for ONCONASE are leased to to Strativa Pharmaceuticals, a division of Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. from Alfacell Corporation.

$140 million Allocated to Asbestos Claims

Makers of the asbestos-containing Zonolite attic insulation are setting aside 140 million to fund asbestos claims related to Zonolite. Millions of homes use the insulation which is composed of vermiculite ore contaminated with asbestos

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Mesothelioma Court Victory

The Ihe insurance industry's latest attempt to deny compensation to asbestos victims failed as the court ruled that insurers remain liable to pay compensation for mesothelioma, an incurable cancer of the lining of the lung caused by exposure to asbestos at work, if they insured the employer at the time the exposure occurred.

NEW MESOTHELIOMA TREATMENT IN THE WORKS

Imiquimod cream which is usually applied to treat skin cancer, kills advanced mesothelioma tumors in mice. Combined with antiCD40, the combination triggers an immune response.

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AGING ASBESTOS WARNING

Asbestos was widely used in building much of the twentieth century. After 1968, asbestos was still used in construction, but in smaller quantities.

The general consensus is that asbestos does not cause health problems unless its fibers are released into the air. People should still be wary of mesothelioma because aging asbestos-containing materials easily released asbestos fibers into the air. Exposure occurs when asbestos fibers are inhaled or ingested, lodging themselves in the lungs to eventually cause pleural mesothelioma or asbestosis.

Genetics are very relevant to patients with mesothelioma cancer. Individuals who are exposed to asbestos who also carry certain genes are even more likely to develop pleural mesothelioma, a particularly aggressive and fatal form of cancer that affects the lungs.

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Genetics are very relevant to patients with mesothelioma cancer. Individuals who are exposed to asbestos who also carry certain genes are even more likely to develop pleural mesothelioma, a particularly aggressive and fatal form of cancer that affects the lungs.

See more about TERT and CRR9

Mesothelioma Rates Increasing in Vermont

Tailings--also known as slimes, tailings pile, tails, or leach residue--
are the remainder of separating ore. Nowadays, tailings are usually
repurposed in some way. It's very ecologically minded. However,
when the tailings are from an asbestos mine, and people around that
asbestos mine are dying from mesothelioma at a higher rate than
elsewhere, then exactly how those asbestos tailings were repurposed
becomes a critical question.

That's what is happening in Colchester Vermont, as the state is
looking at road and construction projects, trying to determine if
asbestos tailings from the local mine are responsible, or connected
in some way, with the mesothelioma rate.

Construction Kills

The largest cause of occupational death is asbestos exposure. According to the UK's Health and Safety Executive whose mission it is to "... protect people's health and safety by ensuring risks in the changing workplace are properly controlled,"

"Asbestos isthe greatest single cause of work-related deaths in the UK. Health and safety information on the dangers and management of asbestos in the workplace. "Every week 20 tradesmen die from asbestos-related disease. If you carry out work on a building that was built or refurbished before the year 2000, you could have been exposed to asbestos, without even knowing it." The Hidden Killer Campaign website is Here

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Volcanic Mineral Exposure Tied to Fatal Mesothelioma

According to the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, exposure to a fibrous volcanic mineral called erionite has been associated with a high incidence of mesothelioma. Research done by Y. Izzettin Baris, M.D., of Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey, followed 891 Turkish patients for 23 years.

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UK Asbestos Risk

UK schools are at risk by exposing students and teachers at 13,000 schools to asbestos. The government is resisting planning a nationwide asbestos audit to assess the health hazards. Asbestos was widely used in construction of public buildings built between 1945 and 1974. Badge PDF: The British Thoracic Oncology Group (BTOG) incorporates the British Mesothelioma Interest Group

Mesothelioma clears Commons Seat

John MacDougall who died in August after being diagnosed with the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma. His seat in the House of Commons has been won by Lindsay Roy, the former head of Kirkcaldy High School

Mesothelioma Runner

Surrounded by “Team Tom”—the many runners he has trained, inspired and encouraged for the last decade, Tom Kaisersatt finished the Silicon Valley Marathon, months after being diagnosed with mesothelioma. Days after the race, Kaisersatt underwent a 4th round of chemotherapy, after which he may or may not undergo extra-pleural pneumonectomy, or removal of his right lung.

Secondhand Asbestos Exposure

FT. LAUDERDALE, Florida -$3.6 million was awarded to a mesothelioma victim caused by second-hand asbestos exposure. The Broward County Florida jury awarded both husband and wife; her mesothelioma was attributed to exposure that happened in the seventies and eighties in a Wisconsin car dealership where she had been employed for a couple of years.

Were YOU Exposed?

Paraoccupational mesothelioma is a risk for anyone with family who worked in an asbestos-using industry. That daily hug from dad after he got home from work or mom washing work clothes can be enough exposure to cause health problems later on. Much later on.

The mesothelioma's latency period is typically 30 to 40 years. If you breathed in asbestos fibers brought home by spouse, friend or family member as long ago as the 1950s and 1960s and only now be experiencing symptoms.

Exposure

Most cases of mesothelioma involve patients with a work history of asbestos exposure. This is because mesothelioma is caused by inhaling or ingesting asbestos particles. It usually presents as a pleural mesothelioma, i.e. a mass located in the membranes that line the lungs. Twenty percent of mesothelioma patients have peritoneal mesothelioma, which is located in the lining of the abdomen that encases several abdominal organs.

Mesothelioma Lawsuit Filed

Carolyn Berry, wife of an auto mechanic, contracted mesothelioma, wrongfully caused by exposure to dust brought home on her husband's clothing. The lawsuit was filed Oct 23 on Madison County Circuit Court. The ongoing exposure runs from 1960 to 2003. They are seeking sums in excess of $100,000, punitive and exemplary damages in excess of $100,000, compensatory damages in excess of $100,000.

30,000 Asbestos Lawsuits

Ohio Supreme Court ruled laws relating to asbestos litigation will apply to cases pending when the laws were passed.

2004 laws imposed stricter rules on people suing for personal injury claims. After the Ohio Supreme Court ruling on asbestos, Cleveland county judges threw out over 30,000 asbestos related claims. The claims that were tossed were not serious, but if the individuals concerned develop something serious like mesothelioma, then the dismissed suits are free to be reinstated. Asymptomatic or undiagnosed plaintiffs would not be able to file a lawsuit on the basis of a degree of injury they do not currently have.

Mesothelioma Sufferer Struggles in Living Color

The bright green house on Piragua Street in La Costa is a symbol of hope. The house's owner, Rebekah Price, is fighting for her life against advanced mesothelioma, and the house's bright colors are reminiscent of a beach house. Some of her neighbors are understanding of her eclectic color choices. Others not so understanding have resorted to vandalism and worse. In the meantime, Rebekah fights to stay alive, flying every four months to National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md. . .

Sunrise Propane Sends Asbestos into Local Air

Sunrise Propane facility explosion sends asbestos particles airborne threatening 12,000+ area residents. Residents complain that the facility should have had a control procedure to make certain that asbestos is not released into the atmosphere

UK Compensation for Mesothelioma

On October 1, Britains will have a compensation fund for people who have contracted asbestos cancer indirectly will soon be on hand to help sufferers. The fund provides payments of up to £14,000 to a specialized group of sufferers who worked with asbestos prior to its banning.

Mesothelioma Prevention on Courthouse Steps

All the earmarks of asbestos abatement procedures--plastic barriers, caution tape, and signs in multiple languages--are in place in the Palm Springs County Courthouse undergoing asbestos removal. They are being cautions to avoid potential future lawsuits, as hazardous asbestos-containing materials lodged in the lungs develop mesothelioma--several decades later.

Asbestos Compensation Delays

It is a real shame that the legal system grinds so slowly. It is even worse when compensation delays for people facing painful deaths from asbestos-linked diseases are deliberately delayed and put off, month after month, year after year, so that the victim gets sicker and dies before the family sees a sent. That compensation might make some of those deaths a little easier; if nothing else, it might relive the agonized minds of the mesothelioma victims, as they worry how their families will survive without their financial input, as well as how they will deal with the massive medical bills that will remain after they are gone.

Terminal Mesothelioma Victim remarries wife

Doctors thought he may have lung cancer but, when he came back to Derby, he was diagnosed with mesothelioma.

Mesothelioma, a cancer of the lining of the chest and lungs, is caused by exposure to asbestos.

Mr Gillingham, who is currently undergoing chemotherapy, feels breathless and is on morphine to relieve his painful symptoms. Mr Gillingham, who now lives with Mrs Gillingham, and their sons Stephen, 24, and Alan, 27, in Grosvenor Street, Allenton.

Asbestos under control?

Health issues traditionally associated with asbestos contact are lung cancer, asbestosis and mesothelioma, Hinde said. There is usually a latency period of about 15 to 20 years before any issue manifests itself.>

Compensation delays

The compensation delays for people facing painful deaths from asbestos-linked diseases have been strongly criticised by those close to John MacDougall, the Glenrothes MP who died while suing the government over his illness.

asbestos-related lung cancer

The Labour MP whose death this month triggered a critical byelection next to Gordon Brown's constituency had been suing the government for compensation over the disease that killed him. John MacDougall, the MP for Glenrothes, believed he contracted the asbestos-related lung cancer mesothelioma while working at the then Royal Navy dockyard at Rosyth in Fife in the 1960s and 1970s.