Stopping mesothelioma may never be a matter as simple as eating a few extra oranges each day. Yet fresh research from the University of Kansas is renewing interest in vitamin C as a potential killer of cancer cells. Authors of the study cautioned that further and deeper investigation must be conducted to develop an
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When veteran character actor James Rebhorn died in March, some initial media reports incorrectly attributed the movie and television supporting-player’s demise to mesothelioma. The erring publications eventually caught their mistake and began listing the right cause of death: melanoma. Earlier Diagnosis of Mesothelioma a Possibility According to the researchers, testing for mutated BAP1 protein in
A ribbon-cutting ceremony last month heralded the opening of yet another MD Anderson Cancer Center outpatient surgery clinic in Texas. This promises to make care more accessible to mesothelioma victims living on the western edge of the Houston area.
Approved with Blinding Speed National Asbestos Awareness Week this year (as before) came to be at the urging of Montana Sen. Max Baucus. Five other lawmakers signed on as co-sponsors of Sen. Res. 336 before it was brought up for a vote. They were Jon Tester of Montana, Barbara Boxer of California, Richard Durbin
Late-stage mesothelioma patients may need to think very carefully before agreeing to start chemotherapy. The Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Weill Cornell Medical College warn in a just-released study that chemotherapy begun after tumors become inoperable may lead to heartbreaking disappointment. Specifically, cancer patients face increased chances of dying in surroundings not of their choosing
An international study has detected a disturbing rise in the number of residential property owners developing mesothelioma as a result of home renovation projects they did themselves. The victims are do-it-yourself (DIY) home improvement devotees, according to the study. The study was published in the Medical Journal of Australia and looked at DIYers in Australia
Tom Brokaw, one of the most instantly recognizable and reassuring faces in television news, revealed earlier this month that he has been secretly battling myeloma since August at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. — the same internationally renowned medical center where many go for treatment of mesothelioma. A statement issued by NBC indicated that Mayo Clinic
Mesothelioma victims could gain an entirely new lease on life if transplantable human lungs made in the laboratory at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) prove out. The university announced late last week that it had successfully regenerated a set of badly damaged lungs through a process developed by one of its Galveston-based research
Dramatically improved mesothelioma survival rates appear to have been achieved by researchers at Canada’s Princess Margaret Cancer Centre after using a novel radiation therapy protocol. It was designed to reduce the recurrence of mesothelioma cells following extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP) surgery. The researchers’ findings appeared in the Jan. 20 online edition of the Journal of Thoracic
Asbestos used in constructing many early indoor malls put builders at risk for mesothelioma. But it turns out that the shoppers who later flocked to those completed retail centers were no less in danger, a Feb. 1, 2014, article in The Canberra Times suggests. Specifically, the newspaper warned that mall patrons of a major retail
