Asbestos-Containing Cosmetics Removed From Retail Websites
Amazon and Ebay are the latest retailers to remove a list of asbestos-containing cosmetics from their sites after warnings from…
Age is a Factor in Mesothelioma Survival After Surgery
Age appears to be one of the biggest predictors of mesothelioma survival after surgery. This holds true no matter which…
Diagnosis | New Techniques | Prognosis | Scans | Surgery | Treatments
Mesothelioma Staging: Laparoscopy May Find Tumors PET-CT Misses
Cancer researchers at Baylor College of Medicine say diagnostic laparoscopy (DL) improves the accuracy of pleural mesothelioma staging prior to…
Focused Radiation After Chemotherapy May Improve Mesothelioma Survival
New research suggests that mesothelioma patients who have focused radiation after chemotherapy may live longer with slower disease progression than…
Long-Term Mesothelioma Survival: Follow-up is Critical
A newly published French case report is a reminder that long-term mesothelioma survival requires long-term follow-up. The case comes from…
New Cancer Blood Test: Could it Find Early Mesothelioma?
Researchers in England are testing a new cancer blood test that promises to reveal the presence of hard-to-find cancers like…
Evening Primrose Extract Acts on Invasive Mesothelioma Cells, Study Shows
There is new evidence that compounds found in the seeds of the evening primrose plant have the potential to slow…
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Gene Editing Technology May Hold the Key to Curing Mesothelioma
New research on gene editing technology for cancer suggests that it could be the key to one day curing intractable…
New Cancer Vaccine Might Help Resistant Mesothelioma
Researchers at Harvard are developing a new cancer vaccine. Preliminary data suggest that it might work just as well as…
P16 Test May Improve Diagnostic Accuracy for Mesothelioma
Scientists in the UK say testing for a tumor suppressor protein called p16 can improve diagnostic accuracy for mesothelioma. It…