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Pabst Brewing Company petitioned Wisconsin’s highest court to review the Court of Appeals’ decision in favor of the plaintiff. The Court of Appeals had…
A new study from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is raising questions about who develops mesothelioma and why. Researchers identified 273 patients with pleural…
A new clinical trial at the University of Chicago is testing whether a smaller, symptom-focused surgery can help pleural mesothelioma patients maintain quality of…
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization marks April 1 to 7 as Global Asbestos Awareness Week, a 22-year-old international campaign to prevent asbestos exposure and…
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Ruth Kwan overturned a jury’s $950 million in punitive damages awarded to Mae K. Moore’s surviving children in…
A federal appeals court overturned an $8 million verdict against BNSF Railway, ruling the company can’t be held strictly liable for transporting asbestos-contaminated vermiculite…
A major clinical trial found that a blood test designed to catch cancer early didn’t significantly cut the number of late-stage diagnoses. Grail, the…
A new study out of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Center finds lung-sparing pleurectomy/decortication surgery…
A California appeals court refused to throw out a $51 million mesothelioma verdict against cosmetics giant Avon Products Inc. The California 2nd District Court…
A major clinical trial found that a blood test designed to catch cancer early didn’t significantly cut the number of late-stage diagnoses. Grail, the…
Sean Marchese is a registered nurse with experience developing and managing respiratory oncology clinical trials and treatments. He has more than 10 years of clinical experience as a nurse in pain management, neurosurgery and clinical trials.
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