Mesothelioma News

$5.1 Billion Owens Corning Asbestos Settlement to Help Thousands of Puget Sound Workers
For 53-old widow Diane Petty, an obscure news story earlier this week announcing a settlement between creditors and Owens Corning has special meaning.

Alfacell Completes Non-Clinical Section of Rolling NDA for Lead Anticancer Drug ONCONASE(R)
Alfacell Corporation (NASDAQ: ACEL) today announced that the company has completed the non-clinical section of the rolling submission of a New Drug Application (NDA) in preparation for its submission to the U.S.

Mesothelioma Community Will Convene to Focus on Cure - International
KRNV - The urgent mission to improve treatments for a deadly, asbestos-related cancer will make another step forward, the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (MARF) announced today, with the Second International Symposium on Malignant Mesothelioma. Meso

Waste Headed for a Third World Bin
TMCnet - Asbestos is known to cause a progressive disease of the lungs, and can provoke lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma, a form of cancer in the sac lining the chest or abdomen. Copyright 2006 Inter Press Service. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media

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Alfacell Updates Progress on Clinical Development Program for ONCONASE
PR Newswire - This pivotal trial is evaluating the effectiveness of ONCONASE plus doxorubicin in improving the survival of patients with unresectable malignant mesothelioma (UMM) over doxorubicin alone. The Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the

Beware of asbestos products in the clearance and construction ...
Asian Tribune, Thailand - Aug 28, 2006... health. The principal health concerns are the development of asbestosis, lung cancer, pleural thickening and mesothelioma. These ...

Mesothelioma Reseaerch Shows Promise
World Fitness, Canada - Aug 26, 2006... and Mutamycin (mitomycin) shows potential as an active regimen with good disease control for patients with un-resectable malignant pleural mesothelioma. ...

'Don't gamble with asbestos' says campaign
Peterborough Evening Telegraph, UK - Sep 9, 2006... at risk. . Peterborough has had 43 registered deaths from asbestos-related lung cancer mesothelioma between 1981 and 2000. The ...

Cancer man appeals to old workers
Cambridge Evening News, UK - Aug 25, 2006... He now suffers from the cancer Mesothelioma which he believes may be the result of working with asbestos during his 21 years with the building company. ...

When Do You Need Mesothelioma Attorney
Best Syndication, CA - Aug 31, 2006Mesothelioma is a type of preventable cancer that is caused by inhaling the dust or particles of the deadly mineral Asbestos. The ...

Two asbestos cases each list 108 defendants
West Virginia Record, WV - Aug 5, 2006... It says Charles Ambrose, 71, has asbestosis and mesothelioma, two lung diseases related to asbestos exposure, from years of working as a steelworker. ...

Mesothelioma Survival
PR Web (press release), WA - 23 hours agoPaul Kraus delivered another inspiring presentation on how he healed his mesothelioma. Every two months, Paul Kraus describes his ...

Ulster may be deprived of asbestos cancer drug
Dozens of Ulster patients suffering from an incurable cancer linked to asbestos exposure could be deprived of a new life-giving drug because English medical chiefs have ruled it too expensive, it can be revealed today.

Ulster May Be Deprived of Asbestos Cancer Drug
By Nigel Gould Dozens of Ulster patient