In spite of the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) predicted drop in mesothelioma rates in 2010, new research has shown that mesothelioma death rates are not decreasing.  In fact, they’re increasing. Previous estimates from the Centers for Disease Control predicted that new diagnoses and death rates for mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer caused by inhalation or ingestion...

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For decades scientists have hoped to find a vaccine that could help prevent patients from developing mesothelioma, a deadly form of cancer, after being exposed to asbestos.  However, that dream has been mostly fantasy until now. New research from the Mayo Clinic and the University of Georgia has led scientists to develop a vaccine that has shown amazing promise in laboratory settings. ...

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Treating mesothelioma and other forms of non-small cell lung cancers has always been extremely difficult.  In the case of mesothelioma patients, doctors are excited when they can provide treatments that extend a patient’s lifespan by months.  Mesothelioma is an extremely aggressive form of cancer that’s caused by asbestos fibers invading the soft tissues of the...

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A new joint study between Japanese and Egyptian researchers may have discovered an alternative method of diagnosing mesothelioma and lung cancer.  Researchers from the Department of Respiratory Medicine at the Sohag Faculty of Medicine in Sohag, Egypt and the Department of Oncological Medical Services at the Institute of Health Biosciences which is part of the University of...

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A joint international study between the Cancer Biology Proteomics Group at the Postgraduate Medical Institute of the University of Hull, Hull York Medical School in Hull, UK and the Queens Centre for Oncology and Haematology in Hull and East Yorkshire examined an alternate method of treating malignant pleural mesothelioma – the most aggressive and untreatable form of the asbestos...

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