Mesothelioma & Asbestos News
September 1, 2010
Mesothelioma patient reaches five years of survival following cutting edge treatment
Karen Grant did not expect to survive when she was diagnosed with mesothelioma five years ago at age 29. Mesothelioma is generally fatal, often within months of diagnosis. Enter Dr. David Sugarbaker, a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. He pioneered the surgeries that added years to Karen’s life. First, he cut ...
read more »August 31, 2010
Mesothelioma from secondhand exposure brings new wave of lawsuits
Secondhand exposure to asbestos might also be called secondary, take home or off-site exposure, but by any name, it is deadly. Secondhand exposure usually results when someone wears asbestos-covered work clothes home and exposes other members of the household to the fibers. The dust sticks to everything and fibers can remain in the air for ...
read more »August 30, 2010
International lobbyists promoting asbestos use in developing countries for decades
The dangers of asbestos are now well documented. Most people in the developed world assume that use of the cancer-causing fiber is banned, but that is not true. A recent report by a group of British investigative journalists documents found shocking levels of asbestos still in use throughout the developing world. Two million tons of ...
read more »August 30, 2010
Shipyard worker dies of peritoneal mesothelioma at age 74
Jerry E. Cain of Port Orchard, Washington, died on July 3 at age 74 from peritoneal mesothelioma. Cain spent the last days of his life at the Hospice Care Center in Bremerton. Peritoneal mesothelioma is a deadly cancer caused by exposure to asbestos that can take decades to manifest. Cain was likely exposed to asbestos ...
read more »August 29, 2010
Mesothelioma surgery may not always be the right treatment option
Surgery has become a prominent method of treatment for mesthelioma, but it’s not a viable option for every mesothelioma patient. In some cases, the risk of the surgery may simply be too great given the patient’s health status.
Pleural mesothelioma surgery involves removing parts of the pleura and the lungs, but it can only be performed ...
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