Category: <span>mesothelioma</span>

Category: mesothelioma

asbestos exposure, Legal, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma News

Controversial Ohio Senate Bill Could Complicate Asbestos Lawsuits

 

Republican Ohio State Senator George F. Lang is the primary sponsor of a controversial senate bill poised to impact people diagnosed with mesothelioma. The bill would require plaintiffs to supply personal and specific information within 30 days of filing a lawsuit or risk the suit being dismissed.  Cosponsors of SB63 include OH State Senators Jerry […]

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Chemotherapy/Chemo drugs, Immunotherapy, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma News, Treatment

Trial Shows Keytruda With Chemotherapy Superior to Chemo Alone

 

Results of a new phase 3 clinical trial published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology indicate that a chemoimmunotherapy regimen combining chemotherapy with immunotherapy drugs improves patient survival more than chemotherapy alone for pleural mesothelioma. Study researchers used pembrolizumab (Keytruda) alongside platinum and pemetrexed chemotherapy. Christina S. Baik, MD, MPH, reviewed the phase 3 trial […]

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Toxic Ash Threatens Health During Maui Lahaina Wildfire Cleanup

 

Health officials are warning Maui residents to exercise caution during cleanup following deadly wildfires as ash and debris may be filled with toxic substances, including asbestos, arsenic and lead. The aftermath of the Aug. 8 fire on the Hawaiian island has left a hazardous trail of pollutants and destruction after it decimated the historical coastal […]

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Legal, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma News

Mesothelioma Baby Powder Lawsuit Costs J&J $18.8 Million

 

A jury has ruled that Johnson & Johnson must pay $18.8 million in monetary damages to a California man who developed mesothelioma after long-time exposure to the company’s talc-based baby powder. The decision was made following a six-week trial, the first centered around talcum powder that J&J has encountered in nearly two years. This comes […]

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Clinical Trials/Research/Emerging Treatments, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma News

Phase 3 Keytruda, Chemotherapy Mesothelioma Trial Shows Promising Results

 

Pharmaceutical company Merck says use of its immunotherapy drug Keytruda in conjunction with chemotherapy increases the survival rate for people with advanced pleural mesothelioma, according to the latest results of a phase 3 clinical trial. The results were announced in June at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. They showed Merck’s […]

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UK Parliament, Riddled With Asbestos, Faces Restoration Delays

 

Lawmakers say that Britain’s Palace of Westminster is at risk of demolition because the iconic and historic structure needs several costly repairs, including asbestos removal. Nearly 120 workers and other people inside the palace were potentially exposed to asbestos during a 2022 renovation in the speaker’s residential space. In addition to asbestos and its cancer […]

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Canadian Government Creates New Asbestos Abatement Rules

 

Beginning in January 2024, the Canadian province of British Columbia will be the first in that country to require asbestos abatement companies to have government-issued licenses to work. Canadian workers’ compensation statutory agency WorkSafeBC is developing requirements companies must meet to become fully licensed in the safe removal of asbestos. Canada banned asbestos in 2018, […]

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asbestos exposure, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma News, Treatment

CARD Clinic in Libby Designated as Center of Excellence   

 

Lawmakers in Montana have declared the Center for Asbestos Related Diseases, also known as the CARD Clinic, as a Center of Excellence. The Montana House of Representatives passed a resolution in May 2023 recognizing the clinic’s importance. Lawmakers say the clinic based in Libby, Montana, played a significant role in an asbestos contamination Superfund that […]

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Australian Asbestos Ghost Town Cemetery Raises Questions

 

Western Australia’s most notorious ghost town known for widespread asbestos contamination and mesothelioma has been razed. But loved ones wonder how they can visit family and friends buried in the town’s cemetery. Demolition of the abandoned town of Wittenoom had begun in May after a brush fire in late 2022 destroyed the town’s few remaining […]

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Clinical Trials/Research/Emerging Treatments, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma News

New UMD Study Shows How Mesothelioma Can Spread

 

Researchers at the University of Maryland are getting a better idea of why mesothelioma takes decades to develop in the body. In a 2023 paper published in the journal Environmental Research, a team of researchers at the University of Maryland found that understanding mesothelioma involves the way immune cells “sense” and interact with particles around […]

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Clinical Trials/Research/Emerging Treatments, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma News

Patients Needed for New Mesothelioma Clinical Trial

 

A new investigational drug for mesothelioma can now begin human trials after it was granted fast-track designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week. The novel treatment, SnyKIR-110, is a T-cell therapy designed to treat patients with mesothelioma, cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer) and ovarian cancer.  “We are thrilled to receive fast-track designation from […]

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asbestos exposure, Awareness/Advocacy, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma News

Bill to Ban Asbestos Reintroduced by Oregon Legislators

 

Two Oregon legislators have reintroduced a bill to end the importation of asbestos, a known carcinogen banned in nearly 70 other countries. The bill would amend the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 and ban asbestos in the United States.  The Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2023, first introduced in 2019, was reintroduced […]

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Clinical Trials/Research/Emerging Treatments, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma News

New BAP1 Finding Could Be Key to Regulating Mesothelioma

 

Mesothelioma is a rare cancer most often caused by exposure to asbestos fibers. Our researchers at the University of Hawaii Cancer Center have discovered how asbestos causes mesothelioma, which we linked mainly to the protein HMGB1.  After several years of studying a unique mesothelioma epidemic in Cappadocia, Turkey, we noted that in certain families, up […]

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Clinical Trials/Research/Emerging Treatments, mesothelioma, Mesothelioma News, Treatment

Netherlands Cancer Institute Tests New Mesothelioma Therapy

 

Research for a new type of mesothelioma treatment is underway at the Netherlands Cancer Institute. Scientists are exploring a novel combination of existing medications for patients with BAP1 genetic mutations.  More than half of all mesothelioma patients show alterations in the BAP1 tumor-suppressor gene. An altered BAP1 gene allows for vulnerabilities that make specific treatments […]

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Court Rejects Johnson & Johnson’s Bankruptcy Plan for Talc Lawsuits

 

A federal appeals court last week rejected an LTL Management bankruptcy filing, delivering a blow to the company’s plan to resolve thousands of talc lawsuits. The company is a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary. The ruling effectively found the company’s bankruptcy was not filed in good faith. J&J said on Feb. 6 that it plans to […]

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