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- Asbestos ban to be announced by federal government next weekThe federal government plans to announce a comprehensive ban on asbestos in Canada next week, CBC News has learned. The country currently allows imports of construction products and automotive parts that contain the toxic fibre, even though Canada no...
- Canada should stop importing deadly asbestos, labour group saysThe Canadian Labour Congress is calling for a ban on asbestos. Exposure to asbestos — a fibrous mineral used in building and construction — is the leading cause of workplace-related death in Canada. Canada stopped exporting asbestos in 2011, and...
- Treatments to prolong life for mesothelioma patients closeron Nov 15, 2016 in Medicine asbestos-cancer malignant mesothelioma mesothelioma mesothelioma treatmentResearchers have uncovered a strange way that asbestos-related tumours grow, which could pave the way towards better treatments. The scientists at Adelaide’s Flinders University have found that malignant mesothelioma tumours are able to transfo...
- New Paradigms in the Treatment of Mesothelioma and NSCLC: An Overview by Fred Hirschon Nov 11, 2016 in Medicine asbestos-cancer asbestos-related disease malignant mesothelioma mesothelioma treatmentDr. Haffizulla: Welcome to PracticeUpdate. I’m Dr. Farzanna Haffizulla. Joining me today is Dr. Fred Hirsch, CEO of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, and Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado in Denver. Dr.
- Myxoid variant epithelioid pleural mesothelioma defines a favourable prognosis group: an analysis of 191 patients with pleural malignant mesotheliomaon Nov 10, 2016 in Medicine asbestos-cancer malignant mesothelioma mesothelioma pleural-mesotheliomaMalignant pleural mesothelioma shows marked cytoarchitectural diversity. The aim of the study was to evaluate how morphological phenotype impacted upon overall survival. 191 cases of malignant pleural mesothelioma with available follow-up were identi...
- Residual fibre lung burden among patients with pleural mesothelioma who have been occupationally exposed to asbestosObjectives To evaluate the lungs asbestos fibres concentration in participants with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) who have been occupationally exposed. Methods The lung samples were obtained from pleuropneumonectomies or autopsies of 271 m...
- Systemically administered RNAi molecule sensitizes malignant pleural mesothelioma cells to pemetrexed therapyPemetrexed (PMX) is a key drug for the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). However, its therapeutic efficacy is cruelly restricted in many clinical settings by the over-expression of thymidylate synthase (TS) gene. Recently, we emphasi...
- Arginine Deprivation for Malignant Pleural MesotheliomaArginine deprivation is a novel anticancer strategy in argininosuccinate synthetase 1 (ASS1)–negative tumors. In a multicenter, phase II trial, immunohistochemistry identified 68 patients with ASS1 deficiency among 201 patients with malignant pleur...
- Scientists discover new option for treating malignant pleural mesotheliomaon Oct 24, 2016 in Medicine asbestos-cancer malignant mesothelioma mesothelioma mesothelioma treatmentResearchers at the Comprehensive Cancer Center of MedUni Vienna and Vienna General Hospital have discovered a new option for treating malignant pleural mesothelioma. For the first time in the world, they were able to show in a preclinical study, both...
- Malignant mesothelioma of the pleura with desmoplastic histology: a case series and literature reviewon Oct 19, 2016 in Medicine asbestos-cancer malignant mesothelioma mesothelioma pleural-mesotheliomaAbstract Background Desmoplastic malignant pleural mesothelioma (DMM) is rare histological subtype of diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), accounting for 5–10 % of cases. It has a poor prognosis, with direct invasion of the chest wall or...
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