Posts by: Shelly Rae Rich

Shelly Rae Rich

Shelly Rae Rich is a freelance writer specializing in health and medical research. She holds a B.S. in Chemistry and worked as a laboratory technician at Washington University Medical School studying immunological characteristics of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.

January 3, 2017

Gene Variations May Help Predict Survival in Mesothelioma Patients Receiving Platinum-based Chemotherapy, Study Finds

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Variations in the immune-system-related FAS ligand (FASL) gene may help predict how long a malignant pleural mesothelioma patient who received platinum-based chemotherapy can survive without the disease progressing. A study in Egypt showed ... Read more

December 21, 2016

Phone Consulting Helped Veterans Get Rapid Mesothelioma Treatment, Study Shows

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A national telephone consulting service helped U.S. military veterans who believed they had mesothelioma gain timely access to experts in Boston who could treat them as well as any mesothelioma ... Read more