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A national panel of 15 mesothelioma specialists across surgery, medical oncology, radiation oncology and pathology reached a consensus and issued new guidelines for surgery.
Mesothelioma cells have a survival trick. When researchers exposed them to an experimental drug that targeted one of the cancer’s main growth switches, the…
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled more than 121,000 children’s squeeze toys after testing found tremolite asbestos in the sand inside them. The…
Researchers in Japan have identified new chemical compounds derived from a fungus that showed the ability to kill mesothelioma cells in laboratory testing. The…
A California appeals court refused to throw out a $51 million mesothelioma verdict against cosmetics giant Avon Products Inc. The California 2nd District Court…
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization is taking the federal government to court over a missed legal deadline that leaves millions of Americans at risk.
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