Mesothelioma & Asbestos News

Mesothelioma patients and their families can seek legal help for their medical burden, but waiting too long may prevent them from ever seeking justice. Every state requires a limited amount of time to file a lawsuit after receiving a doctor’s mesothelioma diagnosis, in some cases it’s as short as one year. This time period is [...]

More mesothelioma patients are seeking second opinions from doctors, which can lead to significant differences in how the cancer is treated. Although mesothelioma can be detected with the right tests, some doctors can easily mistakenly diagnose the disease as lung cancer, or as something else completely. The mistake is simple to make, especially with a [...]

Doctors at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota are seeking malignant pleural mesothelioma patients to participate in a clinical trial to test whether a measles injection can help kill cancer cells. Although it may seem counterintuitive to treat cancer by injecting a virus into patients, researchers believe that the vaccine strain of the measles can help. [...]

Mesothelioma patients may one day live longer thanks to an unlikely ally: the common cold. Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania say that a clinical trial using a modified cold virus can help attack mesothelioma tumors. The study was featured in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care [...]

A recent study captures some of the traits of mesothelioma patients, and their tumors, that are linked to a higher likelihood of surviving three years after surgery. The research, published this year in the European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, examined a selection of patient- and tumor-related factors in people who had been diagnosed with malignant [...]