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What Causes Mesothelioma? If you or a loved one suffers from mesothelioma, you may have heard your physician talk about what mesothelioma is and what causes it. The primary cause of mesothelioma is exposure to asbestos. However, it's not just exposure that may give you mesothelioma- it's the stirring up and working with... Read More at the Mesothelioma Blog

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New York Hospital Cited for Inadequate Asbestos Training and Protection
The main cause of the deadly disease mesothelioma, is exposure to asbestos. When workers are completing a remodel or renovation project in buildings or homes built before 1980, they may be exposed...
New and Promising Research May Help Mesothelioma Patients
Mesothelioma is one of the most aggressive forms of cancer, and it has limited treatment options. While radiation and chemotherapy can help relieve patients' symptoms, the cancer often metastasizes...
Mesothelioma Rare But Serious
Malignant mesothelioma is a rare cancer of the lining of the lung (pleural mesothelioma) or the lining of the abdomen (peritoneal mesothelioma). The only known cause of mesothelioma in the U.S. is...
Study Tests Dose and Toxicity Levels of Treatments For Mesothelioma Victims
A study currently being conducted in Boston, Mass., by several physicians is attempting to determine the highest level of medicinal treatments, such as chemotherapy, that can be administered to...
New Potentially Successful Mesothelioma Treatment Offered at German Facility
A German clinic recently began offering a new treatment for mesothelioma cancer patients known as chemoembolization. The treatment has been successful in only one patient -- a woman who developed...
Mesothelioma Patients Find Treatment From Skin Cancer Cream
A group of scientists in Australia have discovered a new potential treatment for mesothelioma cancer victims with the application of two treatments normally reserved for skin cancer patients. During...
Vitamin C Could Affect Mesothelioma Treatments
The research was published in a recent issue of the journal Cancer Research where details were reported including the fact that anywhere between 30 and 70 percent fewer cancer cells were effectively...
New Drug Research For Abdominal Mesothelioma
A recent issue of the science journal Nature described a paradigm shift among lethal infections that may be "ravaging the brain" and causing the development of serious traumatic brain...
Mesothelioma Cancer Diagnoses Increase Rapidly in Australia
Scientists in Australia speculate that the number of mesothelioma cases reported there will rise rapidly over the next 15 years, reaching a disturbing peak of 900 deaths from mesothelioma cancer a...
Filing Your Mesothelioma Law Suit - Frequently Asked Questions
It's a disastrous diagnosis - mesothelioma contracted from occupational exposure. It is well known that the symptoms of mesothelioma can appear years, even decades, after occupational exposure, and...
Racial Disparities Found Among Lung Cancer Patients
Researchers have found that disparities may exist between the survival of lung cancer patients between various races, particularly among African Americans who are at a greater risk of fatality...
Stressing Over-Strained Cancer Cells May Kill Them, Study Says
Scientists at the Medical College of Georgia Cancer Center have recently discovered that stressed cancer cells that endure an increased amount of stress may be killed causing a disruption of the...
Construction Journal Reports Mesothelioma Deaths To Peak By 2015
Working in the construction industry can be a dangerous job, as the number of fatalities and injuries continue to rise and are accounting for one-third of all employment fatalities, according to the...
Cholesterol Drug Lovastatin Being Studied As Potential Mesothelioma Treatment
Researchers recently uncovered the potential of a cholesterol drug, introduced in the 1980s, that may offer mesothelioma victims an effective treatment for the deadly and incurable cancer. The drug,...
Foods Said to Increase Survival Rate among Those Exposed to Asbestos
Recently, a research paper authored by a group of investigators at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and Louisiana State University, resurfaced providing details on individuals who have fallen...
Mesothelioma Treatment Trial Enters Phase II For Patients At Columbia University
According to news reports, Columbia University has just entered Phase II of its mesothelioma clinical trial in which two chemotherapy drugs are being tested. The trial is aimed at treating malignant...
Silencing Lung Cancer Gene Disrupts Normal Genome
Research recently published in an issue of the American Association for Cancer Research has found that chemical modification, also known as hypermethylation, of a single gene in the lung may...
Inorganic Food Additives and Phosphates May Increase Risk of Developing Lung Cancer
In the January issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine , a study conducted by researchers from the Seoul National University announced that a diet full of inorganic...
Active Symptom Control for Mesothelioma Studied in Chemotherapy Treatment
According to a recent issue of the British medical journal, The Lancet , researchers have been studying the effect of chemotherapy on mesothelioma. Since chemotherapy is not considered a successful...
Texas County Inundated with Asbestos Exposure Risks
Although Hurricane Ike hit nearly a month ago, residents of Galveston and the surrounding Texas counties are still suffering from lingering affects of the destruction including potential exposure to...
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