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171. Mesothelioma Patients May Benefit from Second Line Chemotherapy
November 27, 2011
Multiple rounds of chemotherapy, administered several months apart, might do more to help slow the progression of malignant pleural mesothelioma than a single round of chemotherapy, according to a new study.
Mesothelioma, also known as ‘asbestos cancer’ attacks the membrane that surrounds th...
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172. Orphan Drug May Help Shrink Mesothelioma Tumors
November 27, 2011
The developers of an FDA-designated ‘orphan drug’ for mesothelioma are recruiting patients for a new Phase II clinical trial on soft tissue sarcomas. The drug, called NGR-hTNF is a vascular targeting agent that appears to be able to seek out tumor cells in the body and disrupt their blood vessel fo...
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173. Mesothelioma High Risk Jobs Confirmed by Study
November 27, 2011
Shipbuilders, construction workers, and people who help manufacture products made of asbestos have the highest risk of developing pleural mesothelioma, but other types of workers are not completely safe either.
Asbestos was widely used in industries around the world for more than 60 years be...
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174. Mesothelioma Causes Turkish Village To Be Evacuated
November 27, 2011
The Associated Press is reporting that an epidemic of mesothelioma cases is forcing the evacuation of a small Turkish village.
Turkey has long been a favorite setting for researchers around the world studying mesothelioma. A prevalence of a mineral in the soil called erionite appears to dra...
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175. New Compound Proves Effective Against Mesothelioma in Mice
November 27, 2011
Japanese researchers believe they have found a powerful new compound to fight the aggressive cancer – malignant pleural mesothelioma.
The team at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Tokyo have had success using a novel therapeutic compound called JBIR-23 i...
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176. Rise in Mesothelioma Linked to Australian Asbestos Mine
November 27, 2011
The asbestos-linked cancer mesothelioma is growing at an alarming pace in part of Australia and the government is coming under fire for not doing enough to fight the source of the problem.
According to a report in the Australian newspaper The Herald Sun, the number of people killed by mesot...
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177. Surgery, Tumor Grade Have High Impact on Mesothelioma Survival
November 27, 2011
A population based analysis of people with malignant pleural mesothelioma suggests that tumor grade and surgery have the greatest impact on overall survival.
The study conducted by researchers in the department of radiation oncology at the University of Rochester in New York analyzed the med...
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178. Handheld PET Scanners May Improve Mesothelioma Surgery
November 27, 2011
Surgeons from one of the country’s most respected cancer centers say hand-held PET scanners could be a valuable tool for combating deadly mesothelioma cancer.
Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York used the new handheld PET technology to pinpoint and remove 17 susp...
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179. New Approach to Predict Mesothelioma Drug Response
November 27, 2011
In the ongoing worldwide effort to find better treatments for mesothelioma cancer, a group of Italian doctors believe they have a better way of determining which patients will respond to a cancer medication called Gefitinib.
A cell protein called Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) tyros...
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180. Legal Settlements Highlight Mesothelioma Risk
November 27, 2011
Recent large legal settlements in the Northeast highlight the continuing legacy of mesothelioma and asbestos exposure for U.S. industrial workers.
Courts in New York and New Jersey have awarded more than $8 million dollars in recent weeks to workers who contracted mesothelioma from working a...
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