Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey poses with members of PANDAS/PANS Ontario at the Ontario Legislature recently. Queen’s Park voted in December to mark PANDAS/PANS Awareness Day annually Oct. 9. Pctured with Bailey, left to right, are Erin Kwarciak, Lena Henrikson, 10, Kerry Henrickson, Lena’s mom, and Ellen Nicol.
Mesothelioma researchers, advocates and physicians unite across the nation every day to change the future of mesothelioma treatment. Because of their selfless efforts, mesothelioma survivors are living longer, fuller lives with their loved ones at their side. As an advocacy organization, we continually share the latest news about medical breakthroughs and other advancements impacting the…
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Surgery that preserves the lung, when combined with other therapies, appears to extend the lives of people with a subtype of the rare and deadly cancer mesothelioma, a new study suggests. Tracking 73 patients with advanced malignant pleural mesothelioma — which affects the lungs’ protective lining in the chest cavity — researchers found that those treated with lung-sparing surgery had an average survival of nearly three years.
The family of a man who died last year believe he may have been exposed to asbestos and have launched an appeal to trace his former colleagues. Trevor Thomas Liles, from Aberkenfig , near Bridgend, died in September 2015 from mesothelioma that his fami…
The Mesothelioma Treatment Center at the Baylor College of Medicine Lung Institute has opened a groundbreaking clinical trial combining cytoreductive surgery with a hyperthermic, intraoperative chemotherapy lavage. Dr. David Sugarbaker, chief of thoracic surgery at Baylor and one of the world’s foremost authorities on pleural mesothelioma, believes the study could lead to a major advancement…
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Researchers have reported more promising results from an international, multicenter phase II clinical trial of the drug nintedanib, moving it another step closer to standard-of-care treatment for pleural mesothelioma. Nintedanib is a small-molecule enzyme inhibitor being studied as a way to increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy on mesothelioma and certain types of lung cancer. Researchers…
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The city of Devine, Texas, has warned its residents that high levels of asbestos has been present in their drinking water for at a year or longer.
The city of Devine, Texas, has warned its residents that high levels of asbestos has been present in their drinking water for at a year or longer.
Mr Johnson first became unwell in late 2015 and, after undergoing a full body scan as part of the Biobank health research project, had tests which confirmed the disease. Before his death, he instructed specialist lawyers at Irwin Mitchell’s Leeds office to investigate when and where he was exposed to asbestos.
In early December, the California Supreme Court ruled that companies can be held liable if asbestos exposure at a jobsite results in a worker’s family becoming sick. The court’s decision was covered in an article by the that reported the ruling stemmed from two previous lawsuits brought against companies after family members died from mesothelioma allegedly due to asbestos exposure from family members’ clothing.
A pair of U.K. charities is funding a grant that places the future of mesothelioma care and research in the hands of nurses. Mesothelioma UK, a charitable trust and resource center based at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester, teamed with asbestos-related disease awareness organization Pat Stone Meso Support to establish a grant worth 25,000 pounds ($32,000)….
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A $4 million project to remove asbestos has begun at the former federal courthouse in downtown Billings, Montana, and will take 8 months to complete.
Novocure’s Tumor Treating Fields delivery system – in the treatment of adult patients with supra-tentorial glioblastoma following maximal safe surgical resection and radiation therapy. Novocure will prepare to submit an application for public reimbursement of Optune for newly diagnosed GBM in Japan.
A U.S.-based study confirms what oncology experts have suggested for years — chemotherapy treatment prolongs life expectancy for malignant mesothelioma patients. Wayne State University School of Medicine researchers linked data from the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database with Medicare claims data. The study took into account patient characteristics such as…
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Instead of celebration or desolation over last week’s decision to ban asbestos use in Canada, there is only determination to forge ahead with remake of this devastated town’s economy. Francesco Spertini, a former geologist at the Asbestos mine in Quebec, recalled the negative reaction when he would mention the name of his hometown when travelling through Europe.