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Clinical trial for patients with asbestos-associated lung cancer
2008-08-06 02:42:00 The Mesothelioma Center within the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center is now recruiting patients for a clinical research study of a new targeted radiation and chemotherapy protocol for pleural mesothelioma, a cancer of the lung's lining that is almost always caused by prior exposure to asbestos........ More About: Trial , Lung Cancer , Patients
Scientists call on federal government to release asbestos study
2008-08-06 02:42:00 Two internationally recognized experts who contributed to a Health Canada study on the cancer risks of asbestos are appealing to the federal health minister to make their report public. The federal agency hired seven scientific and medical experts from around the world last November to examine the risks........ More About: Government , Study , Release , Scientists , Call
New Advance in Mesothelioma Treatment
2007-12-20 00:00:00 There is a new therapy in horizon for cancerous pleural mesothelioma. Researches from Research hospitals in Europe have successfully tested a new anticancer drug: Vinflunine. The research findings are highlighted in the latest issue of the leading cancer journal Journal of Clinical Oncology. In this article it shows that Vinflunine is very effective against pleural mesothelioma. Vinflunine been shown to improve response and survival rates in patients diagnosed with cancerous pleural mesothelioma........ More About: Treatment , Mesothelioma , Vance , Elio
Mesothelioma drug to be subsidised
2007-11-17 00:00:00 For true believer Bernie Banton, it was the sweetest victory of all. The cancer drug at the centre of a campaign stoush between the asbestos crusader and Health Minister Tony Abbott could be approved for government subsidy as early as January. And it was the Liberal minister who phoned the Labor working-class hero on Thursday to tell him the good news personally........ More About: Drug , Mesothelioma , Subs , Elio |
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