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• Asbestos ban to be announced by federal government next week
  on Dec 15, 2016 in Exposure Facts asbestos asbestos exposure asbestos fibers asbestos products asbestos-cancer asbestos-related disease canada
  The 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 says
  on Dec 9, 2016 in Facts asbestos asbestos exposure asbestos fibers asbestos mine asbestos products asbestos-cancer asbestos-related disease canada
  The 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 closer
  on Nov 15, 2016 in Medicine asbestos-cancer malignant mesothelioma mesothelioma mesothelioma treatment
  Researchers 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 Hirsch
  on Nov 11, 2016 in Medicine asbestos-cancer asbestos-related disease malignant mesothelioma mesothelioma treatment
  Dr. 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 mesothelioma
  on Nov 10, 2016 in Medicine asbestos-cancer malignant mesothelioma mesothelioma pleural-mesothelioma
  Malignant 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 asbestos
  on Nov 8, 2016 in Exposure Facts Medicine asbestos asbestos exposure asbestos fibers malignant mesothelioma mesothelioma pleural-mesothelioma
  Objectives  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 therapy
  on Nov 2, 2016 in Medicine asbestos malignant mesothelioma mesothelioma mesothelioma treatment
  Pemetrexed (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 Mesothelioma
  on Oct 26, 2016 in Medicine asbestos-cancer malignant mesothelioma mesothelioma mesothelioma treatment pleural-mesothelioma
  Arginine 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 mesothelioma
  on Oct 24, 2016 in Medicine asbestos-cancer malignant mesothelioma mesothelioma mesothelioma treatment
  Researchers 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 review
  on Oct 19, 2016 in Medicine asbestos-cancer malignant mesothelioma mesothelioma pleural-mesothelioma
  Abstract 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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