Mesothelioma News

Former nurse Margaret Forster devoted 38 years to caring for the sick. Now she fears it will cost her life.
The gran-of-two was given a year to live after being diagnosed with an asbestos-related lung cancer.
Margaret, 68, believes she developed the incurable condition mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos dust at hospitals in Sunderland.
She said: “I […]

A further 45 people have been confirmed with health problems after exposure to asbestos from a former factory site in Ota Ward, Tokyo, the ward office said Saturday.
One man in his 70s died in October of pericardial mesothelioma–a form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos–and seven other people developed health problems after inhaling asbestos, […]

Researchers from Columbia University have reported that combined resection, intraperitoneal chemotherapy, and whole abdominal radiation therapy is effective treatment for malignant peritoneal mesothelioma. The details of this study were reported in the February 2008 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Oncology.1
Peritoneal mesothelioma is much less common than pleural mesothelioma, making up less than 20% […]

3/20/2008 6:25 PM
By Steve Gonzalez
Asbestos cases filed in Madison County have dropped off in the past few years. But the trend is being challenged.
During a five-day filing period betweem March 13 and March 18, lawyers from five law firms filed 20 asbestos cases, the most in a one-week period in more than two years.
And out […]