Suspicions that exposure to dust from iron ore unearthed in Minnesota causes mesothelioma were fueled by university research made public earlier this month. The University of Minnesota spent nearly $5 million over the last six years trying to determine why miners working in the state’s Iron Range had mesothelioma rates higher than other Minnesotans. They
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There may be a smarter, more effective way to attack mesothelioma — a way that could overcome mesothelioma’s tendency to roar back stronger than ever after it’s removed. That better way has not yet been identified, but scientists are now on a surer footing to do so, thanks to eye-opening research from the University of Hawaii
It’s unknown how many mesothelioma patients are opting for this, but the Associated Press reported that some cancer patients use specially bred lab mice to try chemotherapy choices in advance. Here’s how it works. You have mesothelioma. Your mesothelioma doctor wants to start you on chemotherapy. But you and the doctor aren’t sure which mix
Researchers now think glycoengineered anti-GM2 antibodies could someday open up another front in your war against mesothelioma and keep you alive longer. Because mesothelioma is such an aggressive cancer that usually carries a poor prognosis, researchers are constantly on the lookout for new ways of battling it. One research team now believes glycoengineered anti-GM2 antibodies
If you were a do-it-yourself drywall finisher, your risk of asbestos exposure and mesothelioma was likely less than if you didn’t finish drywall but happened to be near where drywall finishing was occurring. Strange but true, according to research published in the November issue of the journal Risk Analysis, an official publication of the Society
A problem for doctors trying to quickly determine whether you have mesothelioma is that sometimes it doesn’t look like mesothelioma. Occasionally it looks like something else. And occasionally something else looks like mesothelioma. As a result, doctors must take extra steps to be sure that the mesothelioma diagnosis they give you is reliable.
Your battle against mesothelioma might be easier if you didn’t have to also fight terrible pain at the same time. If researchers are right, you may someday be able to wage your war pain-free. Suffering no pain would give you a real edge over mesothelioma by perhaps permitting you to tolerate stronger doses of chemotherapy
There’s a chance you — like many mesothelioma patients — are fighting this cancer with the equivalent of an arm tied behind your back, say researchers. The thing that’s hamstringing you is inadequate use of chemotherapy, they claim in a study published this month. The researchers — from Sydney, Australia — believe that as many as 65 percent of
A new study offers some of the strongest evidence yet to show that the use of talcum powder contaminated by asbestos is causing a rise in the number of women developing mesothelioma. Mesothelioma afflicts men overwhelmingly more often than it does women. But, increasingly, mesothelioma is turning up in women, and medical scientists have been
Let’s say your mesothelioma is very far advanced. Many would suggest you consider entering hospice care. But a new study hints you might survive mesothelioma longer if you stick with hospital treatment. Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston found that the intensity of care received by cancer patients is greater in the hospital
