A new study identifies previously unknown genetic alterations behind mesothelioma – a rare and deadly cancer whose main cause is exposure to asbestos. The findings include some mutations that may serve as new targets for treatment and others that could…
AN ELDERLY Andover woman died of cancer after she had been exposed to asbestos at work, an inquest has heard. Coroner Grahame Short recorded death due to industrial disease during the inquest of 82-year-old Margaret Wilson, who died of malignant mesoth…
AstraZeneca said a closely watched experimental cancer drug failed in a clinical trial when used on its own to treat mesothelioma, a rare lung and abdominal cancer, but it remained confident the drug had a role to play in combination treatments. Tremel…
Around 60 veterans suffering from asbestos-related cancer will be given A 140,000 lump sum compensation payouts after ministers bowed to pressure from the Royal British Legion, it is understood. The former military personnel who contracted mesothelioma…
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Congratulations, you’re now registered! Let us know what news and updates you want to hear about and we’ll send them straight to your inbox. SNP spokesperson on Armed Forces and Veterans, Kirsten Oswald MP, has handed in a letter to Number 10 Downing S…
The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires procedural fairness in state trials, but that principle seems absent from a recent California Court of Appeal decision upholding a judgment against Kaiser Gypsum Company for almost $1.6 millio…
A BROMSGROVE woman who has been diagnosed with the asbestos-related strain of terminal cancer, mesothelioma, is appealing for former work colleagues to help her work out where she might have been exposed to the substance. 71-year-old Christine Davenpor…
A BROMSGROVE woman who has been diagnosed with the asbestos-related strain of terminal cancer, mesothelioma, is appealing for former work colleagues to help her work out where she might have been exposed to the substance. 71-year-old Christine Davenpor…
Congratulations, you’re now registered! Let us know what news and updates you want to hear about and we’ll send them straight to your inbox. Kirkcaldy’s MP has called for more money to be spent on research into a type of cancer which has adversely affe…
In a case of first impression that may clarify the duty of care in secondary exposure claims in North Dakota, the state’s highest court rejected claims based on childhood exposure to asbestos brought home on an insulation worker’s clothing. See Palmer v.
An inquest held at Hereford Town Hall this week heard Mr Deans was a retired instrument mechanic who worked for various employers including Shell, BP and Esso. A post-mortem examination found some – though a relatively low amount of – asbestos fibres a…
A RETIRED horse breeder from Leominster believed she may have been exposed to asbestos from an ironing board made by her father, an inquest heard. Julia Simpson, 73, died on March 30 2015 at St Michael’s Hospice , having been diagnosed with mesotheliom…
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The Kyoto District Court last month ordered the national government and manufacturers of building materials to pay a total of A 216 million to construction workers and a bereaved relative in compensation for illnesses suffered through exposure to asbes…