The Mesothelioma Center News - Page 5
Enhancing Cancer Immunotherapy with Artificial Intelligence
- by Suzanne Dixon
- Treatment & Doctors
- Sep 19, 2018
Physicians may soon use artificial intelligence (AI) and medical images to study tumors without a biopsy. The techniques developed to study tumors in this new way are described in the…
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Novel Mesothelioma Treatment Closer to FDA Approval
- by Tim Povtak
- Treatment & Doctors
- Sep 17, 2018
Standard-of-care treatment for patients with pleural mesothelioma may soon include Tumor Treating Fields, a novel therapy involving electric fields that disrupt cancer cell division and inhibit tumor growth.
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Ripley Named New Director of Mesothelioma Center at Baylor
- by Tim Povtak
- Treatment & Doctors
- Sep 12, 2018
Thoracic surgeon Dr. R. Taylor Ripley comes to the Mesothelioma Treatment Center at Baylor College of Medicine with the highest possible endorsement. Dr. David Sugarbaker, the world’s most prominent mesothelioma…
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Surgery for Mesothelioma No Longer Recommended in UK
- by Tim Povtak
- Treatment & Doctors
- Sep 11, 2018
Aggressive surgery for the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) — unless part of a clinical trial — is no longer being recommended in the United Kingdom. The British…
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9/11 Cancer Deaths Continue to Rise
- by Tim Povtak
- Asbestos Exposure & Bans
- Sep 10, 2018
John Feal believes more people will die from illnesses related to 9/11 than from the terrorist attack at the World Trade Center. He should know. He’s a first responder…
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Alternative Cancer Treatment Clinic Reopening in Bahamas
- by Tim Povtak
- Treatment & Doctors
- Sep 5, 2018
Jerry Lampe and Ruth Phillips — two of America’s longest-living mesothelioma survivors — won’t feel so helpless now when a newly diagnosed patient asks for their secret to success. The…
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Florida Developer Sentenced on Negligent Asbestos Removal
- by Matt Mauney
- Asbestos Exposure & Bans
- Aug 31, 2018
A Florida real estate developer has been sentenced on a single misdemeanor count of negligent removal of asbestos and putting workers in imminent danger from the cancer-causing mineral. In addition…
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Dr. David Sugarbaker, Mesothelioma Treatment Pioneer, Dies at 65
- by Tim Povtak
- Treatment & Doctors
- Aug 29, 2018
Thoracic surgeon Dr. David Sugarbaker, a world leader in advancing the treatment of pleural mesothelioma for nearly 30 years, has died. He was 65. Sugarbaker was director of…
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What’s Included in the EPA’s New Asbestos Use Rule?
- by Matt Mauney
- Asbestos Exposure & Bans
- Aug 24, 2018
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving forward with a proposed rule critics fear will expand the commercial use of asbestos — a toxic mineral known to cause…
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Mesothelioma Specialty Centers Rank on Best Hospitals List
- by Tim Povtak
- Treatment & Doctors
- Aug 20, 2018
The MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston was named the No. 1 cancer care hospital in America by U.S. News & World Report for the fourth consecutive year. MD…
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