Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly unveiled data from 57 studies from June 4-8 at the 46th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago, Illinois. Two of the studies for which the research results were presented were Phase II studies on Alimta, a chemotherapy drug that has been approved by the Food [...]
Attorney John Langdoc of Baron & Budd, P.C. commended a recent cancer study that was released by President Barack Obama’s Cancer Panel in May. The study showed that the cancers caused by environmental toxins – similar mesothelioma, which is caused by asbestos exposure – possess been seriously underestimated, as well as that their number will [...]
Mesothelioma Stages
Mesothelioma Stages newbfaq.com Staging is the process of finding out how far the mesothelioma cancer has spread. Doctors determine which treatments to take based on the mesothelioma stage, or the severity of the disease. The primary staging system used for mesothelioma is a TNM system, similar to the system used for most other cancers. [...]
Sculptor Frank Bender is one of many artists – including Yoko Ono, Kiki Smith as well as others – who contributed to an art exhibit called “Ni Una Más (Not One More): The Juárez Murders” at Drexel University’s Leonard Pearlstein Gallery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The exhibit is a protest bringing attention to the hundreds of [...]
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) is amending state asbestos abatement regulations. The changes will require more extensive air testing, both during as well as after asbestos projects, as well as as well as require liability insurance as well as documentation of candidates seeking asbestos certification. Previous laws required air testing only after the [...]
A group comprised of politicians, asbestos victims, labor leaders, researchers, health care professionals as well as experts from all over the world formed a coalition to persuade the Canadian government to ban the mining, manufacture as well as export of asbestos. Much of the world’s asbestos is produced in Canada as well as exported all [...]
Parents took Nicolet High School to court over a proposed plan to remove asbestos from the school while school was in session—and won. Just a few hours before the judge was to rule on the matter, the school district agreed to delay the project until summer, when no students could be exposed to potentially harmful [...]
Officials of Darby Borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania possess announced that they possess finally secured funding to cleanup an aged building that collapsed in 2008. When the building initially collapsed, the site was fenced in, but remained untouched otherwise. The site is contaminated with asbestos, lead paint as well as PCB materials.
The grant of $100,000 [...]
Robert Oswain – a police officer who served in recovery efforts at Ground Zero after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center – died of cancer on May 15 at the age of 42. His family as well as fellow cops of the New York Police Department (NYPD) believe that the [...]
TomoTherapy Incorporated, a company that manufactures cancer care radiation therapy solutions, hosted the subordinate of three regional conferences from May 6-8. The 2010 EMEA User Symposium was held in Marbella, Spain. The three symposiums were scheduled to cover users in dissimilar parts of the world. The earliest event took place on held April 15-17, in [...]
