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Mesothelioma – General Information Symptoms Diagnosis NEW Developments in Diagnosis Risk Factors Other Asbestos Related Cancer What is Mesothelioma? Mesothelioma cancer, or malignant mesothelioma, is...
View ArticleConference educates about asbestos
Over the weekend I traveled to Detroit, Michigan, to attend the fourth annual Asbestos Awareness Day Conference, presented by the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization. The conference included a full...
View ArticleCancer risk decreases after asbestos exposure?
There’s an interesting article just posted to Reuters Health that reports a new study indicates risk of asbestos-related cancer decreases after asbestos exposure ends. However, down at the end of the...
View ArticleThe inevitability of death
Ok, it’s out there. I said it. Death. It’s not a subject that I go into with most of the people I talk to about mesothelioma. Even if we acknowledge that mesothelioma is diagnosed as a terminal...
View ArticleMARF announces Mesothelioma Symposium
The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (MARF) will hold its International Symposium on Malignant Mesothelioma 2008 in Washington, D.C., June 26-28. The annual event highlights the latest advances...
View ArticleUK’s youngest meso victim passes away
A young woman believed to be Britain’s youngest mesothelioma patient, at age 28, passed away last week, just two years after her diagnosis, according to a story in the Daily Mail. Leigh Carlisle, who...
View ArticleDrug combo effective for peritoneal mesothelioma
Results at the completion of a Phase II trial researching the treatment of peritoneal mesothelioma indicate a combination of the drugs Alimta (pemetraxed) and Gemzar (gemcitabine) is effective in...
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Weekend benefit for Texas girl fighting peritoneal mesothelioma
Today I came across the story of a courageous young woman in Texas who is battling peritoneal mesothelioma, an extremely rare form of the cancer that affects the lining of the abdomen. More common is...
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Cooking for the Cure benefits mesothelioma patient
Last week I shared the story of Shanna Kurtz, a 30-year-old woman in Texas who was diagnosed with peritoneal mesothelioma in 1999. She is battling the disease, and recently underwent a surgery to...
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Awareness, educational materials available from Meso Foundation
There are tons of new educational, outreach and awareness materials now available from the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation. If you do not already subscribe, the latest issue of the...
View ArticleStartling statistic revealed during UK pleural plaque debate
There is an ongoing debate in the United Kingdom about whether the country’s Labour department is responsible for compensating workers suffering from pleural plaques. In 2007, the Law Lords ruled that...
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Meso Foundation announces 2009 Grant Awards
The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation has announced the recipients of its 2009 Mesothelioma Research Grant Awards. Through the generous contributions of its supporters, the Foundation was able...
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Meso Foundation announces five additional research grants
This week the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (Meso Foundation) announced it will provide an additional $500,000 in grant money for research projects directed toward finding treatments and a...
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Meso warrior friends flood Facebook with support for ‘Wonder Woman’ Janelle
Friends of mesothelioma survivor Janelle Bedel – both IRL (web-speak for “in real life”) and those in the virtual online community – have flooded Facebook with support for the young woman who is...
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Debbie Brewer’s funeral set for June 20; family welcomes all whose lives she...
I was very sad to report earlier this month that our beloved meso warrior, Debbie Brewer, passed away after battling six years against mesothelioma. Her funeral is set for Thursday, June 20, a 1 p.m....
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Young man diagnosed with mesothelioma in both abdomen and lungs; family seeks...
Just before Christmas last year, a young man, just 33 years old, was diagnosed with mesothelioma. His diagnosis came after two years of puzzling symptoms and pain, multiple doctor visits, surgeries and...
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Asbestos found in Tuscan drinking water
Known as home to some the highest quality Italian wine, Tuscany, a region in central Italy, may now be known for another drink—its water. A recent study published by an Italian medical journal warned...
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MicroRNA could help fight peritoneal mesothelioma with further testing
While some drugs are working to reduce DNA modification to improve mesothelioma patient outcomes, others are focusing on RNA as the key to causing tumor-cell death, according to Mesothelioma Research...
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Study: Meso treatment success determined by surgery intervals
Researchers from the City of Hope Cancer Center and the Wake Forest School of Medicine believe they have uncovered information about how surgery success factors into peritoneal mesothelioma patients’...
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