The Mesothelioma Center News – Page 7

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  Asbestos Exposure & Bans

  Libby Protects Those with Asbestos Disease from COVID-19

  No town in America has a higher percentage of asbestos-related lung disease — and resulting respiratory issues — than Libby, Montana, making its…

  

  Tim Povtak

  May 13, 2020
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  Asbestos Exposure & Bans

  Report Finds Asbestos, Other Risks in Military Family Housing

  U.S. military families around the world are living in government-owned and -operated housing containing serious health and safety risks, according to the most recent…

  

  Tim Povtak

  May 11, 2020
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  Research & Clinical Trials

  Latest Clinical Trial for Pleural Mesothelioma Opens in Georgia

  Dr. Nagla Abdel Karim of the Georgia Cancer Center has seen the effectiveness of cabozantinib with certain types of thyroid, kidney and liver cancers.

  

  Tim Povtak

  May 6, 2020
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  Research & Clinical Trials

  Mesothelioma Drug Combination Continues to Show Promise

  Pharmaceutical giant Bristol Myers Squibb continues to tout its immunotherapy combination of Opdivo and Yervoy for first-line treatment of patients with pleural mesothelioma…

  

  Tim Povtak

  May 4, 2020
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  Asbestos Exposure & Bans

  EPA Asbestos Review Delayed Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency postponed a peer review of the recent asbestos risk evaluation draft done by its Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals…

  

  Tim Povtak

  April 23, 2020
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  Treatment & Doctors

  UK Oncologist Proposes Novel Treatment for Mesothelioma

  Medical oncologist Dr. Angus Dalgleish never did like standard of care treatment for pleural mesothelioma cancer, even when he reluctantly recommended it in…

  

  Tim Povtak

  April 22, 2020
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  Treatment & Doctors

  Duke Study Challenges Mesothelioma Chemotherapy Practices

  Neoadjuvant chemotherapy — often used before aggressive surgery — has shown no definitive survival benefit for patients with pleural mesothelioma cancer, according to a…

  

  Tim Povtak

  April 16, 2020
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  Research & Clinical Trials

  COVID-19 Pandemic Delays Mesothelioma Clinical Trials

  Medical centers across the country have slowed or stopped the enrollment of new patients in mesothelioma clinical trials because of the all-consuming COVID-19…

  

  Tim Povtak

  April 9, 2020
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  Asbestos Exposure & Bans

  EPA Finds Asbestos Use Poses Risk to Chloralkali Workers

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released an asbestos draft risk evaluation Monday that found serious health dangers to workers in the chloralkali industry, the…

  

  Tim Povtak

  April 2, 2020
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  Asbestos Exposure & Bans

  Latest Study Reinforces Cosmetic Talc, Mesothelioma Link

  Evidence continues to mount that prolonged exposure to cosmetic talcum powder contaminated by asbestos fibers is causing mesothelioma cancer. Individuals using cosmetic talc regularly…

  

  Tim Povtak

  April 1, 2020