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Mesothelioma Surgery Improves Quality of Life

 

Renowned thoracic surgeon Dr. Wickii Vigneswaran in Chicago believes far too many patients with pleural mesothelioma are being denied aggressive surgeries that could improve their quality of life. He wants to fix that dilemma. Vigneswaran, a mesothelioma specialist at the Loyola University Medical Center, authored a recent study debunking the long-standing belief that major surgery…

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Asbestos Ban in US Inches Closer with New Legislation

 

Federal lawmakers this week passed one of the most important environmental bills that will overhaul how the U.S. government regulates toxic chemicals, and it could bring the nation closer to banning asbestos. The U.S. Senate passed the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, which amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)…

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Quincy Jones Talks Mesothelioma in HBO’s ‘Burning the Light’

 

Last night, comedian Quincy Jones opened his heart to HBO viewers with “Quincy Jones: Burning the Light,” a one-hour special about his personal battle with mesothelioma. “There is no cancer when I am on that stage,” the 31-year-old told the audience at the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles. “It is only me telling my jokes….

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Peritoneal Mesothelioma: No End in Sight

 

Marty Kanarek has spent the last 40 years as an environmental epidemiologist trying to make the world a safer place to live. Asbestos — and its sordid history — has made that task considerably harder. “[Asbestos] is still the most frightening thing in environmental epidemiology,” Kanarek, professor of population health sciences and environmental studies at…

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Mesothelioma Study: Age Is Not Deciding Factor for Surgery

 

A recent study has reinforced — for the second time — the growing belief that age should not be a deterrent to aggressive, life-changing surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma. You’re never too old. Dr. Annabel Sharkey, cardiothoracic surgeon at the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom, said patients well over the age of 70…

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Canada’s Prime Minister Trudeau Commits to Ban Asbestos

 

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently announced what labor and public health groups have spent years waiting to hear about the nation’s asbestos epidemic. “We’ve actually made the commitment that we are moving forward on a ban,” Trudeau said. “We know that its impact on workers far outweighs any benefits that it might provide.” Trudeau…

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Canada’s Prime Minister Trudeau Commits to Ban Asbestos

 

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently announced what labor and public health groups have spent years waiting to hear about the nation’s asbestos epidemic. “We’ve actually made the commitment that we are moving forward on a ban,” Trudeau said. “We know that its impact on workers far outweighs any benefits that it might provide.” Trudeau…

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Why Do Women with Mesothelioma Survive Longer than Men?

 

A recent study from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston has pinpointed for the first time gender-specific genetic mutations in mesothelioma patients that could lead to future treatment advances. Women with mesothelioma typically have a survival advantage over men with the same disease, as numerous studies have currently shown. But now, scientists are beginning to…

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Why Do Women with Mesothelioma Survive Longer than Men?

 

A recent study from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston has pinpointed for the first time gender-specific genetic mutations in mesothelioma patients that could lead to future treatment advances. Women with mesothelioma typically have a survival advantage over men with the same disease, as numerous studies have currently shown. But now, scientists are beginning to…

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Mr. Fluffy Asbestos: Photos Educate Canberra Homeowners

 

New photos of loose asbestos in a Mr. Fluffy home in Canberra show an extreme example of the contamination that has endangered residents in Australia’s capital city for decades. The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government’s Asbestos Response Taskforce took the pictures inside one of the 1,022 Canberra homes known to contain Mr. Fluffy insulation. Thousands…

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Mr. Fluffy Asbestos: Photos Educate Canberra Homeowners

 

New photos of loose asbestos in a Mr. Fluffy home in Canberra show an extreme example of the contamination that has endangered residents in Australia’s capital city for decades. The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government’s Asbestos Response Taskforce took the pictures inside one of the 1,022 Canberra homes known to contain Mr. Fluffy insulation. Thousands…

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Asbestos Fears Linger After Massive Australian Brush Fire

 

Nearly five months after a catastrophic brush fire devastated the historic timber town of Yarloop in Western Australia, residents may now be at risk of asbestos exposure. The blaze damaged much of the asbestos previously hidden inside the town’s renovated structures, and that could have long-lasting effects on Yarloop. Containing the asbestos may impede cleanup…

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Asbestos Fears Linger After Massive Australian Brush Fire

 

Nearly five months after a catastrophic brush fire devastated the historic timber town of Yarloop in Western Australia, residents may now be at risk of asbestos exposure. The blaze damaged much of the asbestos previously hidden inside the town’s renovated structures, and that could have long-lasting effects on Yarloop. Containing the asbestos may impede cleanup…

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Immunotherapy Vaccine for Mesothelioma Gets High Marks

 

Immunotherapy vaccine CRS-207 is moving closer to changing the way malignant pleural mesothelioma will be treated in the future. CRS-207 produced a startling 94 percent disease control rate when combined with a chemotherapy cocktail of cisplatin and pemetrexed in a recent, multicenter clinical trial. Thoracic oncologist Dr. Thierry Jahan of the UCSF Helen Diller Family…

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Immunotherapy Vaccine for Mesothelioma Gets High Marks

 

Immunotherapy vaccine CRS-207 is moving closer to changing the way malignant pleural mesothelioma will be treated in the future. CRS-207 produced a startling 94 percent disease control rate when combined with a chemotherapy cocktail of cisplatin and pemetrexed in a recent, multicenter clinical trial. Thoracic oncologist Dr. Thierry Jahan of the UCSF Helen Diller Family…

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