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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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