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Using a "Job Exposure Matrix" to Predict Mesothelioma

ByAlex Strauss April 6, 2015March 26, 2019

Researchers in one of the world’s top mesothelioma hot spots have come up with an asbestos disease prediction matrix which…

Peritoneal Mesothelioma: Genome Sequencing Paves the Way for Personalized Treatments

ByAlex Strauss March 25, 2015March 16, 2017

Genomic medicine experts in the U.S. and Canada have completed a key step in improving the understanding and treatment of…

Could Deliberate Lung Collapse Make Mesothelioma Procedure Safer?

ByAlex Strauss March 10, 2015March 21, 2019

A group of researchers in the Oxford University Centre for Respiratory Medicine have evidence that, in certain cases,deliberately collapsing a…

A Better Way to Diagnose Mesothelioma?

ByAlex Strauss January 20, 2015March 20, 2019

New research suggests there may be a less invasive way to accurately diagnose malignant pleural mesothelioma. Right now, the gold…

In Search of a Better Mesothelioma Blood Test

ByAlex Strauss December 10, 2014March 24, 2019

A team from the Center of Molecular Medicine in Bochum, Germany tested the blood of 43 male mesothelioma patients along…

Fine Needle Biopsy: An Easier Way to Diagnose Mesothelioma?

ByAlex Strauss November 5, 2014March 23, 2019

IExamining the tissue from a suspected tumor under a microscope is currently the only way to definitively diagnose suspected mesothelioma.…

Mesothelioma Diagnosis: Could a New Way of Reading MRIs Replace Surgical Biopsy?

ByAlex Strauss October 9, 2014March 16, 2017

A new way of evaluating MRI images may eventually make more invasive ways of diagnosing mesothelioma unnecessary. That assertion is…

Can Mesothelioma Be Diagnosed with Lung Fluid Alone?

ByAlex Strauss September 8, 2014March 20, 2019

The diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma can be a complicated process, but a team of Japanese scientists says it can be…

Protein Could be “Critical Biomarker” for Mesothelioma in Asbestos-Exposed Workers

ByAlex Strauss August 30, 2014March 16, 2017

An Italian research team says they have identified a protein that may help quantify risk and detect early mesothelioma in…

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Light-based Diagnostic Tool May Find Early Mesothelioma

ByAlex Strauss August 24, 2014March 24, 2019

Cancer researchers in Japan say technology that uses fluorescent light to detect cancer cells could be used to help find…

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New Techniques

Using a "Job Exposure Matrix" to Predict Mesothelioma

Peritoneal Mesothelioma: Genome Sequencing Paves the Way for Personalized Treatments

Could Deliberate Lung Collapse Make Mesothelioma Procedure Safer?

A Better Way to Diagnose Mesothelioma?

In Search of a Better Mesothelioma Blood Test

Fine Needle Biopsy: An Easier Way to Diagnose Mesothelioma?

Mesothelioma Diagnosis: Could a New Way of Reading MRIs Replace Surgical Biopsy?

Can Mesothelioma Be Diagnosed with Lung Fluid Alone?

Protein Could be “Critical Biomarker” for Mesothelioma in Asbestos-Exposed Workers

Light-based Diagnostic Tool May Find Early Mesothelioma

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Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, UNITED STATES

National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health, UNITED STATES

University of Chicago, Medical Center, UNITED STATES

University of Maryland School of Medicine, UNITED STATES

University of Hawaii Cancer Center, UNITED STATES

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