Author: Mesothelioma News

Liz Burke is appealing for help to trace her late husband John’s former colleagues after he died from mesothelioma in December last year The heartbroken widow of a former labourer has issued a desperate plea for answers after his death from asbestos-related cancer. John Burke, from Hamsterley Colliery, County Durham , was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a terminal cancer caused by exposure to asbestos, in September 2015 after suffering with pain in his chest and breathlessness.

A 57-year-old man is evaluated in follow-up for a right-sided pleural effusion. He initially presented with increasing dyspnea and a constant dull ache on his right side.

Aduro Biotech, Inc. today announced highlights from a poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer being held in National Harbor, Maryland on the preliminary safety and efficacy of its novel immunotherapy, CRS-20…

The Mesothelioma Compensation Center says, “We are urging a person with mesothelioma who had exposure to asbestos at a public utility, water/sewer district, or any type of power generating facility to call us anytime at 866-714-6466 to make certain they get a lawyer upgrade to pursue a mesothelioma compensation claim. Please do not take the ‘big bucks’ advertising baloney on the Internet or cable TV seriously.

Terence Steven McQueen, born in Beech Grove, Indiana, died in Ciudad Jurez, Chihuahua, Mexico, on November 7 1980 at the lamentably early age of 50. Malignant mesothelioma dimmed the light that burned so brightly in cinema classics aplenty, exemplified by art imitating life in the fast lane Bullitt, whose iconic car chase is reprised here. Other celluloid successes ranged from The Cincinnati Kid to The Getaway, The Magnificent Seven to The Great Escape, The Towering Inferno to The Thomas Crown Affair, here polled as we ask if you prefer his ’68 original http://amzn.to/1PEQqN5& or http://amzn.to/1kQZLpA Pierce Brosnan’s ’99 remake.

Another 100 Australians who may have been exposed to Mr Fluffy loose-fill asbestos while living in Canberra and have since been diagnosed interstate with mesothelioma, cancer or other asbestos-related illnesses are expected to be discovered as part of a major ACT health study. The final stage of the ACT Asbestos Taskforce’s health study is set to begin in weeks, a long-awaited effort to combine data from the national cancer database with the ACT’s register of 1022 homes that had Mr Fluffy asbestos installed over several decades.

The borough’s industrial background means there are 11.23 deaths from mesothelioma in every 100,000 of population – placing it just ahead of neighbouring South Tyneside and nearly three times the national average of 4.51. Neil Sugarman, president, said: “The suffering of families affected by mesothelioma demonstrates how important it is that lessons are learned and health and safety in the workplace is respected.

The Victor Dahdaleh Foundation has this week made a GBP5million donation to the British Lung Foundation [https://www.blf.org.uk/your-stories/5-million-for-life-changing-mesothelioma-research ] to fund vital research into mesothelioma, matching UK gover…

NEW YORK, Nov. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ – The US Navy Veterans Mesothelioma Center says, “We are urging US Navy Veterans who have recently been diagnosed with mesothelioma or their family members to call us anytime at 800-714-0303 so we can quickly explain…

NEW YORK, Nov. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ – The US Navy Veterans Mesothelioma Center says, “We are urging US Navy Veterans who have recently been diagnosed with mesothelioma or their family members to call us anytime at 800-714-0303 so we can quickly explain…

Mesothelioma rates are expected to rise sharply over the next few years due to the heavy use of asbestos in Scottish industries between the 1940s and the mid-1970s, with a recent Cancer Research UK study warning people who worked as carpenters, plumber…

Novocure announced today that United Healthcare will cover Optune as an adjunctive therapy for the treatment of glioblastoma when used according to FDA labeled indications and contraindications, effective Jan. 1, 2017. United Healthcare administers med…

NEW YORK, Oct. 31, 2016 /PRNewswire/ – The Mesothelioma Victims Center says, “We are urging a US Navy Veteran or a shipyard-maritime worker who has been diagnosed with mesothelioma to call us anytime at 800-714-0303 in order to avoid the Internet minefield of mesothelioma lawyers. We have two primary goals for a US Navy Veteran, shipyard worker, or a maritime worker with recently diagnosed mesothelioma or their family members: — We want to make 100% certain you really are directly speaking with the nation’s preeminent mesothelioma attorneys, because these remarkable lawyers really will produce much better financial compensation results for a Navy Veteran, shipyard worker or maritime worker with mesothelioma.

Epizyme, Inc. , a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company creating novel epigenetic therapies, today announced that it has entered into two Cooperative Research and Development Agreements with the Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program of the National Cancer Institute . The CRADAs will evaluate tazemetostat, Epizyme’s first-in-class EZH2 inhibitor, and pinometostat, the Company’s first-in-class DOT1L inhibitor.

Epizyme, Inc. , a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company creating novel epigenetic therapies, today announced that it has entered into two Cooperative Research and Development Agreements with the Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program of the National Cancer Institute . The CRADAs will evaluate tazemetostat, Epizyme’s first-in-class EZH2 inhibitor, and pinometostat, the Company’s first-in-class DOT1L inhibitor.