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Asbestos Disease Projections Too Low
April 2, 2007 — Current predictions of the future incidence of asbestos-related disease have been substantially underestimated, according to new modelling to be presented in Melbourne today by an epidemiologist from ... > full story -
Mesothelioma: Chemo Combination Improves Survival In Asbestos-Related Cancer
February 8, 2007 — People with mesothelioma -- a form of cancer associated with asbestos exposure -- have a higher survival rate when treated with a combination of two cancer drugs, a large multicenter study ... > full story -
Exposure To Volcanic Mineral Associated With Increased Mesothelioma Incidence In Turkey
March 20, 2006 — High exposure to a fibrous volcanic mineral called erionite was associated with a high incidence of a type of cancer called mesothelioma, according to a study in the March 15 issue of the Journal ... > full story -
Elevated Blood Levels Of A Protein Are Linked To Asbestos-Induced Cancers
October 16, 2005 — Researchers at New York University School of Medicine and Wayne State University have found a molecule that reveals the early stages of pleural mesothelioma, a chest cancer caused by asbestos. The ... > full story -
Naturally Occurring Asbestos Linked To Lung Cancer
July 12, 2005 — Everyday exposure to naturally occurring asbestos increases the risk of developing malignant mesothelioma, according to a study by UC Davis researchers. The study - the largest to examine the ... > full story -
Workers Exposed To Libby Vermiculite Ore Have High Rate Of Chest Wall Abnormalities
July 10, 2005 — More than one-quarter of tested workers at an Ohio manufacturing plant historically exposed to asbestos-containing vermiculite ore exhibited signs of scarring of the chest wall lining, or pleural ... > full story -
No Role For Simian Virus 40 In Human Pleural Mesotheliomas
September 27, 2004 — A study, published in the September 25 issue of Lancet, calls into question the proposed link between SV40 and pleural mesothelioma and provides a possible explanation for the discrepancies in the ... > full story -
Penn Researchers Find That PET Imaging Sheds More Light On Complex, Microscopic Cancers
September 12, 1998 — Managing cancer is challenging for physicians in and of itself, but with certain types of cancer, diagnosis is difficult as well. In cancers based in unusual locations, such as in the lining of the ... > full story
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