Archive for June, 2007

Minn. Unions, Lawmakers Angered by Delay of Cancer Data 

June, 22 2007
A day after the the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) came under fire for withholding information on additional cases of mesothelioma among Minnesota’s Iron Range workers, the department announced that six new cases of the cancer were found among the miners.
By Katherine Torres
In a group of 72,000 people who worked in the state’s […]

Filed:June 25th, 2007 by lmontalvo | No Comments

New York Mesothelioma Lawsuit Proceeds to Trial on Behalf of Jackson, New Jersey Mesothelioma Victim 

Lawsuit filed by New Jersey and New York mesothelioma attorneys from Levy Phillips & Konigsberg, LLP.
New York, NY (PRWEB) June 22, 2007 — The New York mesothelioma lawsuit involving Joel Rosenberg is proceeding to trial with a pre-trial conference scheduled before Justice Marcy S. Friedman, Supreme Court, New York County, in downtown Manhattan on June […]

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ASCO: Study Confirms Pemetrexed-Platinum Activity in Malignant Mesothelioma 

By Peggy Peck, Managing Editor, MedPage Today
June 06, 2007
MedPage Today Action Points
* Explain to patients that two pemetrexed-platinum combinations demonstrated similar activity in unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma.
* Note that the findings came from an expanded access program for pemetrexed rather than a randomized clinical trial.
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Filed:June 7th, 2007 by lmontalvo | No Comments