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Mesothelioma and Asbestos News
The novel multi-targeted antifolate agent pemetrexed should
be considered for second-line treatment of non-small-cell
lung cancer (NSCLC), according to results of a recent randomised
Phase III study.
A simple blood test could be all that is needed to diagnose
the deadly "asbestos cancer" mesothelioma in the
future, researchers at a West Australian hospital have said.
Serum concentrations of soluble mesothelin-related proteins
(SMR) were significantly more likely to be elevated in patients
with mesothelioma, compared with patients with other lung
or pleural diseases or with healthy controls, indicating that
serum SMR may be a useful marker for mesothelioma.
Some of the nation's largest insurance companies knew for
decades that asbestos could kill but didn't warn workers who
handled it or take other measures that might have averted
the nation's worst workplace health disaster, industry documents
show.
Asbestos victims and their families were supposed to be able
to turn to "no-fault," state-run workers' compensation
programs to promptly recover medical costs, lost wages, benefits
for dependents and funeral expenses.
The federal government's 17-year effort to warn backyard
and professional mechanics of the dangers of cancer-causing
asbestos in brakes is under attack.
Lillian Melick wants $43 million as compensation for the
loss of her husband to a horrible asbestos-related death.
To Gunnie Tobias, there should be no limit to how much her
brother's family can try to recover for his death from mesothelioma
after a lifetime working close to asbestos.
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