A former civil servant claims he developed a rare terminal cancer because he was exposed to deadly asbestos dust while ...

Veterans are the most affected by asbestos and mesothelioma. A centralized database for veterans exposed to asbestos to help ...

Workers whose jobs involved exposure to asbestos – including boilermakers, boiler workers, carpenters, factory workers, ...

Some of the more common include pleurisy, pleural effusion, and mesothelioma. A lung specialist called a pulmonologist is trained to diagnose these and other pleura-related conditions and offer ways ...

Surgery may be considered for the alleviation of symptoms, the control of pleural effusions ... have improved cytotoxic activity against mesothelioma. Although some chemotherapeutic regimens ...

ASCO Guidelines provide recommendations with comprehensive review and analyses of the relevant literature for each recommendation, following the guideline development process as outlined in the ASCO ...

Treatment approaches for MPM include surgery, radiation, and systemic chemotherapy. MPM carries a poor prognosis, but recent studies of pemetrexed and platinum analogue combination therapies have ...

Call Sokolove Law right now at (800) 647-3434 if you've been diagnosed with mesothelioma or another asbestos-related disease. Since malignant pleural mesothelioma begins in the lining of the lungs ...

meaning 73% of people with mesothelioma live at least 1 year after diagnosis. The prognosis for malignant pleural mesothelioma, which originates in the lining of the lungs (pleura), is one of the ...

The diagnosis of a rare tumor such as pericardial mesothelioma, which can present with a variety of manifestations, requires a multidisciplinary approach. Case presentation: A 36-year-old Caucasian ...