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Mediastinoscopy – International Mesothelioma Program (IMP) Pre-Op Test - Galiher DeRobertis Ono

2010-03-10
Mediastinoscopy – International Mesothelioma Program (IMP) Pre-Op TestGaliher DeRobertis OnoThe patient's biopsied tissue is analyzed by a pathologist to determine if the malignant mesothelioma has spread to the mediastinal lymph nodes. ...

Mesothelioma Researchers Find Success in Suppressing Growth of Mesothelioma Cells - Asbestos.com

2010-03-10
Mesothelioma Researchers Find Success in Suppressing Growth of Mesothelioma CellsAsbestos.comThis in vitro study sought to test the combination of various biological agents against the growth of malignant mesothelioma cells. Malignant mesothelioma ...

Construction Workers at Risk for Asbestos Exposure and Mesothelioma - Surviving Mesothelioma

2010-03-10
Surviving MesotheliomaConstruction Workers at Risk for Asbestos Exposure and MesotheliomaSurviving MesotheliomaMesothelioma: Questions and Answers. Fact Sheet. National Cancer Institute. Bang, KM, Mazurek, JM et al, “Malignant Mesothelioma Mortality – United States, ...Mesothelioma Vaccine Holds PromiseAsbestos.Net NewsArchive for March, 2010Asbestos.comUK: Justice for Asbestos Disease Victims Requires Mesothelioma Research FundingAUTO-MOBI.info (press release)all 28 news articles »

New Research May Help Predict Post-Surgery Survival Rate For Mesothelioma Patients - PR Web (press release)

2010-03-09
PR Web (press release)New Research May Help Predict Post-Surgery Survival Rate For Mesothelioma PatientsPR Web (press release)The research was done on 129 samples of malignant mesothelioma tissue collected from 1990 to 2005. With each tissue sample, the researchers had information ...

UK: Justice for Asbestos Disease Victims Requires Mesothelioma Research Funding - PR Web (press release)

2010-03-05
UK: Justice for Asbestos Disease Victims Requires Mesothelioma Research FundingPR Web (press release)The Foundation hosts the annual International Symposium on Malignant Mesothelioma, which unites doctors, researchers, patients and families, legal advocates ...and more »

New Research Could Help Provide Answers To Mesothelioma, England (Medical News Today)

2010-03-09
The British Lung Foundation is working with the June Hancock Mesothelioma Research Fund to support new research which could lead to better treatments for mesothelioma, an incurable asbestos-related cancer that affects the tissues lining the outside of the lung and the chest wall (pleura). Following a competitive grant application process, Dr Stefan Marciniak at the UniversityofCambridge was ...

New Research May Help Predict Post-Surgery Survival Rate For Mesothelioma Patients (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

2010-03-09
New York attorney Joseph W. Belluck, who handles mesothelioma cases, says study may give patients and their families a more accurate prognosis of the disease and how post-surgical patients will likely respond.

New anti-tumour vaccine for mesothelioma shows promising results (News-Medical-Net)

2010-03-05
A vaccine against mesothelioma, a cancer associated with exposure to asbestos, has shown early promise in its first clinical trial.

Possible Vaccine For Mesothelioma Proven Safe (Medical News Today)

2010-03-05
Researchers have demonstrated the safety of a potential vaccine against mesothelioma, a rare cancer associated primarily with asbestos exposure. The vaccine, which infuses uses a patient's own dendritic cells (DC) with antigen from the patient's tumor, was able to induce a T-cell response against mesothelioma tumors. "[This] is the first human study on DC-based immunotherapy in patients with ...

Possible Mesothelioma Vaccine Proven Safe (redOrbit)

2010-03-04
Researchers have demonstrated the safety of a potential vaccine against mesothelioma, a rare cancer associated primarily with asbestos exposure.