Asbestos Fight Outlives the Victim

The UK’s third worst city for asbestos-related deaths is Plymouth. 373 men in Plymouth have died from mesothelioma. The cluster is associated with the use of asbestos on Plymouth docks.

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Asbestos Fight Outlives the Victim

The UK's third worst city for asbestos-related deaths is Plymouth. 373 men in Plymouth have died from mesothelioma. The cluster is associated with the use of asbestos on Plymouth docks.

Mesothelioma is incurable and is diagnosed in roughly 2000 people yearly. Plymouth is not the only mesothelioma hot spot.

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New Mesothelioma Treatments

New Mesothelioma cancer therapies are in the works by Alfacell Corporation, a New Jersey pharmaceutical and research company. Their drug Oncanase apparently has been shown to destroy cancer cells while leaving healthy cells unharmed. Also, the Aldara, a skin cream is testing as a promising cancer fighter in studies using mice. Researchers also are injecting the skin cream directly into a cancer patient’s mesothelioma tumor-the Aldara cream is administered in concert with tumor injected anti-CD40, a stimulant.

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British Actor Gets Mistaken Mesothelioma Diagnosis

77-year-old British actor Ken Cope suffered chest pain in October, 2000 and was told at that time that there was a 98% certainty that he had the incurable cancer, mesothelioma.

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Mesothelioma Survey

There is a mesothelioma survey run by the British Lung Foundation. The British Lung Foundation is the only UK charity working for everyone affected by lung disease. Their resources focus on offering research and support for people affected by lung disease today.

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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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