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Asbestos Ban Has Not Stopped Spread of Malignant Mesothelioma in Iceland
ByAlex Strauss July 28, 2016March 16, 2017

A 30+ year asbestos ban in Iceland has so far done little to decrease the incidence of the so-called asbestos cancer.…

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Chemotherapy | Europe | International | New Drugs | New Studies | Research | Treatments | Updates

Novel Mesothelioma Treatment is Based on Marine-Derived Compound
ByAlex Strauss July 24, 2016March 16, 2017

A new drug based on a compound derived from sea creatures may make an effective second-line treatment for patients with malignant pleural…

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Asia | Biological Therapy | International | New Drugs | New Studies | Research | Treatments | Updates

Investigational Mesothelioma Drug to be Tested in Human Patients
ByAlex Strauss July 21, 2016March 16, 2017

Researchers in Japan say they are about to start the first clinical trial of an investigational mesothelioma drug that has…

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Europe | Genetics | International | New Drugs | New Studies | Research | Treatments | Updates

Tests Reveal Potential New Gene Target for Mesothelioma Therapy
ByAlex Strauss July 12, 2016March 16, 2017

A gene known as P2X7R (or P2RX7) and the protein that it encodes may offer a novel target for a…

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Chemotherapy | Europe | International | New Drugs | New Studies | Research | Treatments | Updates

Mesothelioma Chemotherapy May Get a Boost from Leukemia Drug
ByAlex Strauss July 10, 2016March 16, 2017

There is new evidence that a drug designed to treat leukemia may help boost the effectiveness of the most popular…

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Asia | Australia | International | Symptoms | Treatments | Updates

Mesothelioma Symptoms: Best Management for Pleural Effusion
ByAlex Strauss July 8, 2016July 20, 2017

An international team of scientists is hoping to finally be able to answer the question of how often mesothelioma patients…

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Asbestos | Asbestos | Australia | International | Mesothelioma | Statistics | Updates

Australian Aboriginals Have World’s Highest Mesothelioma Rate
ByAlex Strauss July 5, 2016March 16, 2017

The Aboriginal people of Western Australia have the highest per capita incidence of malignant mesothelioma in the world according to…

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Europe | International | Prognosis | Surgery | Treatments | Updates

Influences on Survival After Radical Mesothelioma Surgery
ByAlex Strauss July 3, 2016March 16, 2017

Yet another new study is raising questions about the advisability of radical surgery for people with malignant pleural mesothelioma. Reporting…

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Biopsy | Diagnosis | Europe | International | Prevention | Radiation Therapy | Symptoms | Treatments | Updates

Most Mesothelioma Patients Don’t Need Preventive Radiotherapy after Pleural Intervention
ByAlex Strauss July 1, 2016March 16, 2017

Preventive radiotherapy may not be the best way to keep new tumors from growing at the site of pleural interventions…

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Australia | Biomarkers | Diagnosis | Europe | International | Mesothelioma | New Studies | Prognosis | Research | Updates

Activin A: A New Biomarker for Mesothelioma Prognosis?
ByAlex Strauss June 26, 2016March 16, 2017

If you’re a mesothelioma patient, should you have your activin A level checked? A new study suggests that this protein…

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International

Asbestos Ban Has Not Stopped Spread of Malignant Mesothelioma in Iceland

Novel Mesothelioma Treatment is Based on Marine-Derived Compound

Investigational Mesothelioma Drug to be Tested in Human Patients

Tests Reveal Potential New Gene Target for Mesothelioma Therapy

Mesothelioma Chemotherapy May Get a Boost from Leukemia Drug

Mesothelioma Symptoms: Best Management for Pleural Effusion

Australian Aboriginals Have World’s Highest Mesothelioma Rate

Influences on Survival After Radical Mesothelioma Surgery

Most Mesothelioma Patients Don’t Need Preventive Radiotherapy after Pleural Intervention

Activin A: A New Biomarker for Mesothelioma Prognosis?

United States Sources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), UNITED STATES

Creighton University School of Medicine, UNITED STATES

David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, UNITED STATES

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, UNITED STATES

Mayo Clinic, UNITED STATES

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

Wake Forest University School of Medicine, UNITED STATES