Not specific to mesothelioma, but some interesting news in the war on cancer. Wake Forest University scientists have bred mice that resist cancer. Further, they were able to take white blood cells out of the cancer-resistant mice and use them to fight tumors in other mice with advanced cancer. “Spontaneous regression in human cancers have […]
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The evironmental activist groups Greenpease is criticizing the government of India for agreeing to accept the SS Norway ocean liner. This ship is apparently carrying over 900 tons of asbestos, and is also contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls and heavy metals. The owners of the ship want to have it undergo “ship-breaking” to recover salvagable materials.
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Per this, “Asbestos-related cancer victims will not get full compensation through the courts unless they sue all the employers that exposed them to asbestos, following a Law Lords ruling last week.”
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Via the blog Confined Space, I see that a New York City police detective at the site of the World Trade Center attack died of respiratory failure recently. The medical examiner said: reasonable degree of medical certainty that the cause of death in this case was directly related to the 9/11 incident.” This may be
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CancerConsultants.com had an article about trying to find an effective chemotherapy regimen for mesothelioma. This is such an intractable form of cancer and resists forms of therapy that are effective for other cancers: radiation, surgery, simple chemotherapy. The cutting edge of mesothelioma treatment involves combination therapy: more than one treatment. There’s a study out of
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When it was still in development and clinical trials, avastin (bevacizumab) was used in trials for mesothelioma. The authorities sometimes allow experimental drugs to be used in mesothelioma treatment, partly because there are so few effective treatments for mesothelioma and because it more or less an orphan disease (i.e. rare). Avastin was eventually “approved” by
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From the CancerBlog, I see a San Diego oncologist has set up a humor program that performs at Gilda’s Clubs and similar places. Great idea.
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Story out of Britain this week, a Norwich man worked for years at a heating firm back in the 1940s and was exposed to asbestos dust and fibers. He now has mesothelioma. This type of delayed onset it typical of mesothelioma and makes it all the more painful a tragedy – the past coming back
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The Hill says the tunnels beneath the capital building have asbestos “lying so thick on the ground that it can be scooped up in handfuls.” It’s posing a hazard to workers, and the Capitol Police aren’t even allowing their officers to patrol the tunnels because of the risk. Maybe having asbestos so close to home will
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Alfacell Corp., the New Jersey pharmaceutical company, got enough patients to go ahead with phase IIIb testing on Onconase, (ranpirnase). Another step in the long process toward getting approval for that drug, which is promising in mesothelioma treatment. The drug companies sometimes target mesothelioma in their development process even though it is a rare form
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