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May 4, 2016May 4, 2016

Immune Cells Exposed to Asbestos Seen to Promote Mesothelioma Cell Growth and Spread

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Immune cells in the blood previously exposed to asbestos increased the proliferation of mesothelial cells, according to a study published in the journal Oncology Letters, titled “The proliferative effects of asbestos-exposed peripheral blood mononuclear ... Read more

May 3, 2016May 13, 2016

ADAO Calls for Total Asbestos Ban in US to Mark International Workers’ Day

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The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), which combines education and advocacy to end workplace asbestos exposure and guarantee that victims of asbestos-related diseases are treated justly, issued a Workers’ Day statement from ... Read more

May 2, 2016May 2, 2016

Ontario Labour Federation Calls for Total Ban on Asbestos in Canada

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Thousands of workers, and their families and friends, gathered across Ontario to mark the National Day of Mourning for Workers Killed or Injured on the Job on April 28. This year, ... Read more

April 29, 2016April 29, 2016

CA125 Levels in Mesothelioma Patients May Be Biomarker of Overall Survival and Chemotherapy Response

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Chinese researchers reported that levels of CA125 — a serum marker used to monitor certain cancers — could aid in predicting overall survival and chemotherapy response in people with diffuse malignant mesothelioma. The ... Read more

April 27, 2016April 27, 2016

Difficult Pleural Mesothelioma Surgery Is Possible in Elderly, Study Says

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Researchers at the University of Leicester Hospitals analysed the efficacy in elderly patients of extended pleurectomy decortication (EPD), the preferred surgical procedure to treat malignant pleural mesothelioma, and determined that advanced age should not be ... Read more

April 26, 2016April 26, 2016

Mesothelioma’s Likely Response to Mitochondria-Targeted Therapy Is Predictable, Study Reports

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Researchers assessing the morphology of mitochondria using two novel approaches, fractal dimension and lacunarity analysis, reported that mitochondria inhibition is a potential new therapeutic approach in mesothelioma, and that mitochondrial morphology is a likely predictor of response to such therapies. ... Read more

April 22, 2016April 22, 2016

T-Cells Can Be Engineered to Better Attack Mesothelioma and Other Cancers, Researcher Tells AACR

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Dr. Philip Greenberg, head of immunology at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, recently presented his strategies for genetically engineering T-cells to attack and kill cancer cells. His April 20 presentation, made ... Read more

April 21, 2016April 21, 2016

Researchers in Hawaii Receive $3M to Study Biomarkers, Vaccines and Mutations in Malignant Mesothelioma

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Investigators at the University of Hawai‘i (UH) Cancer Center and its John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) have been awarded three grants by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) for research into malignant ... Read more

April 20, 2016April 20, 2016

Study Identifies 2 Serum Biomarkers That Might Quickly Detect Malignant Mesothelioma Caused by Asbestos Exposure

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Two serum biomarkers, soluble mesothelin-related peptide (SMRP) and thioredoxin-1 (TRX), were identified as potentially useful for an early diagnosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma, according to the study, “Evaluation of New ... Read more

April 19, 2016April 19, 2016

MicroRNA Is Altered in Specific Malignant Pleural Mesotheliomas, Study Finds

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A research team reported that microRNAs (miRNAs) are differentially regulated between malignant pleural mesotheliomas that are positive for MDM2 compared to ones that are MDM2-negative. The study, published in the journal ... Read more