Oslo 6 July 2016: The International Journal of Cancer publishes preclinical in vivo data in a mesothelioma xenograph model, demonstrating synergy of ONCOS-102 with pemetrexed and cisplatin, the current standard of care in malignant pleural mesothelioma…
A support network set up for people with lung problems is saving the health service vital cash by keeping people out of hospital and out of doctors’ surgeries. Breathe Easy has more than 230 groups nationwide to help and educate people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease , which covers conditions such as pneumoconiosis, asthma, emphysema, mesothelioma and bronchitis.
One of 11 Cancer Research UK nurses working in oncology at Southampton General Hospital , Amanda spends her days working with patients at varying stages of their illness – from those reeling from a diagnosis to others who have been battling for years. …
Georgia’s highest court has reversed a lower court decision, meaning a man who said his cancer was caused by exposure to asbestos has lost a Ware County jury award of more than $4 million.
The case of a former Queensland science teacher who was diagnosed with cancer after working with equipment made from asbestos is not isolated, his lawyers say. The 69-year-old, who has requested not to be named, taught in a Toowoomba school for over a …
The case of a former Queensland science teacher who was diagnosed with cancer after working with equipment made from asbestos is not isolated, his lawyers say. The 69-year-old, taught in a Toowoomba school for over a decade in the 1970s and 80s, was di…
A MAN died almost half a century after contracting mesothelioma while working at Swindon’s Princess Margaret Hospital , an inquest was told. Retired electrical engineer Graham Purse, 69, of Burley View, Bussage near Stroud, helped to remove asbestos lagging from the hospital.
David Leary, of Steeton-based Breathe Easy Aire Valley, walked with daughter Claire from Bingley Five Rise Locks to Saltaire and back. Their effort – held to coincide with the British Lung Foundation’s Breathe Easy Week – has so far raised over A 100, with donations still coming in.
The wife of a former lift engineer who tragically died from a deadly form of cancer caused by asbestos exposure has spoken about the terrible affects of the disease. Tony White, of Elsworth, died from mesothelioma in May last year aged 68 – just 10 mon…
DOVES soared into the sky today at a ceremony paying tribute to those who have lost their lives to asbestos-related cancer. Families and friends touched by the deadly disease gathered in the Mesothelioma Memorial Garden Queen’s Park to mark National Action Mesothelioma Day.
KEITH Gardner’s health is being destroyed by a cancer caused by exposure to asbestos – and he wants to warn others of the dangers. Diagnosed late last year with incurable mesothelioma – also known as asbestosis – the 66-year-old from Newport cannot now cope with the slightest incline without suffering severe breathlessness.
David Leary, of Steeton-based Breathe Easy Aire Valley, walked with daughter, Claire, from Bingley Five Rise Locks to Saltaire and back. Their effort – held to coincide with the British Lung Foundation’s Breathe Easy Week – has so far raised more than A 100, with donations still coming in.
The late Phillip Taylor-Meihana, photographed during his New Zealand Army service in the Vietnam War. He blamed the war for causing his terminal asbestos-related cancer.
Hot off his acclaimed HBO special Burning The Light, comedian Quincy Jones is bringing stand-up comedy to Brooklyn for a special one night only show with friends today June 30th at Littlefield. ThisMyShow Industries and The Laugh Button have come toget…
A packaging manufacturer must pay millions for failing to warn U.S. Navy and General Motors employees that its ship valves’ asbestos-laden gaskets could give them cancer, New York’s high court ruled. During and after World War II, the Stamford, Conn.-based Crane Co.