States Wrestle with Mesothelioma Laws & Violations
The city of Paterson, New Jersey is facing hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines for putting city workers at…
Volunteers Warned Against Mesothelioma Risk in OK
As volunteers from across the country continue to head to tornado-ravaged Oklahoma for the cleanup effort, they are being warned…
Macrophages May Hold Key to Fighting Mesothelioma
Researchers in Western Australia are investigating new ways of bolstering the immune system in an effort to fight cancers like mesothelioma.…
Wind and Weather Impacts Mesothelioma Rate
People who live downwind from an industrial asbestos source are at much higher risk of developing pleural mesothelioma, according to a…
Advocacy Groups Say Mesothelioma Bill Falls Short
Mesothelioma patient advocacy groups in the UK are not happy about a proposed new law aimed at helping some patients receive…
Mesothelioma Surgeons Report New Biopsy Technique
A team of surgeons in Maryland have demonstrated how using a standard biopsy tool in a new way could improve…
New Serum Marker Could Improve Mesothelioma Diagnosis
Japanese researchers believe they have found a way to diagnose a rare form of mesothelioma earlier using a simple blood test. Diffuse…
Asbestos Bans Influenced by Mesothelioma ‘Visibility’
Why have some countries banned asbestos while others have not? A team of Korean researchers studying the question says it…
For Mesothelioma Staging PET/CT Tops PET/MRI
Standard PET/CT beats PET/MRI for diagnosing and staging pleural tumors such as mesothelioma. That is the conclusion reached by a team…
NUMB Gene May Suppress Mesothelioma
Researchers at Shandong University in China have pinpointed the connection between low levels of the protein NUMB and a poor mesothelioma…