Mesothelioma patients as well as their families can seek legal help for their health examination burden, but watchful waiting too extended may halt them from ever seeking justice.
Every state requires a limited amount of time to file a lawsuit after receiving a doctor’s mesothelioma diagnosis, in some cases it’s as abridged as one year. This [...]
More mesothelioma patients are seeking subordinate opinions from doctors, which can lead to significant differences in how the cancer is treated.
Although mesothelioma can be detected with the fair tests, some doctors can easily mistakenly diagnose the disease as lung cancer, or as something else completely. The mistake is clear to make, especially with a rare [...]
Doctors at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota are seeking malignant pleural mesothelioma patients to participate in a clinical trial to test whether a measles injection can help kill cancer cells.
Although it may seem counterintuitive to treat cancer by injecting a virus into patients, researchers believe that the vaccine strain of the measles can help. Investigators [...]
Mesothelioma patients may one day live longer thanks to an unlikely ally: the ordinary chilly.
Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania say that a clinical trial using a modified chilly virus can help attack mesothelioma tumors. The study was featured in the American Journal of Respiratory as well as Critical [...]
A recent study captures some of the traits of mesothelioma patients, as well as their tumors, that are linked to a higher likelihood of surviving three years after surgery.
The research, published this year in the European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, examined a selection of patient- as well as tumor-related factors in people who [...]
A combination therapy may hold promise for extending the lives as well as preserving more lung function of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma, a cancer of the lining inside the chest.
Patients in mesothelioma treatment often undergo an extensive surgery known as a modified extrapleural pneumonectomy, which involves removal of the lung [...]
Recent research from Europe suggests that a drug known as gemcitabine, given along with one that is now commonly used for mesothelioma, may someday serve as another weapon in doctors’ arsenals against the cancer.
Gemcitabine (marketed as Gemzar) is a chemotherapy drug currently in take to treat lung, breast, pancreatic as well as ovarian [...]
Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City are recruiting patients for a clinical trial to test a “vaccine” under development for the mesothelioma treatment.
Unlike many well known vaccines—such as a shot to protect against onset of illnesses such as the flu or the mumps—this vaccine is intended to be given to people [...]
According to the American Cancer Society, up to about 10 percent of people with malignant mesothelioma live at least five years after the disease is diagnosed. While that leaves miles of room for improvement, the statistic nevertheless means that a substantial fraction of patients are surviving mesothelioma—a fraction that is likely to grow with each [...]
Declaration Calls For Obama, Harper To Halt Asbestos Import, Export, Production
DALLAS (December 9, 2011) –The national mesothelioma law firm of Baron as well as Budd is honored to support the efforts of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) to end the importation, exportation as well as production of asbestos in North America. Working with the [...]
