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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 International Mesothelioma Program is one of the leading treatment centers for malignant pleural mesothelioma. According to Dr. David Sugarbaker, ...

NCCN announces Flash Updates with malignant pleural mesothelioma release - Mesothelioma News

2010-03-07
NCCN announces Flash Updates with malignant pleural mesothelioma releaseMesothelioma NewsThe Flash Update included information about treatment options for malignant pleural mesothelioma patients and first-line therapy regimens. ...

New Treatments for Mesothelioma Show Promise - Mesothelioma Web

2010-03-05
New Treatments for Mesothelioma Show PromiseMesothelioma WebMesothelioma, a cancer of mesothelial tissues, occurs most commonly as (malignant) pleural mesothelioma, in the lungs - in about 75 percent of cases ...and more »

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)But few studies have explored the role of microRNAs in malignant pleural mesothelioma. In two groups of patients, the researchers said the microRNA -- known ...

Personalized Mesothelioma Vaccine Tested in Humans Dendritic cell-based ... - ModernMedicine

2010-03-09
ModernMedicinePersonalized Mesothelioma Vaccine Tested in Humans Dendritic cell-based ...ModernMedicine... Netherlands, and colleagues recruited 10 patients who were recently diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma of the epithelial subtype. ...

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.