Researchers from Leeds in the UK have reported that the incidence of mesothelioma is increasing and that the prognosis is worse than ascertained in selected studies from referral institutions. The details of this study appeared in an early online publication in Thorax on January 17, 2008.1
Most of the recent publications concerning malignant mesothelioma involve clinical […]
By Roger Highfield, Science Editor
Last Updated: 7:01pm BST April 10, 2008
The use of asbestos half a century ago has triggered an epidemic that will kill 200,000 people in Britain through lung cancer and mesothelioma, an untreatable cancer of the mesothelium, a thin membrane that lines the chest.
The disease can develop up to 60 years after […]
Steve Clairk
April 15, 2008
Madison, Wis. - Is there cause for concern at Madison-based Quintessence Bioscience? After all, Alfacell Corp., an East Coast biotech competitor, just finished its second Phase III trial of a new class of anti-cancer therapy that is very similar to what is being developed at Quintessence, which has not even begun clinical […]
By Charles Heslett
CHILDREN at a Leeds primary school are sitting on toilet seats made from asbestos.
The revelation came during an inquest into the death of Gordon Gomersall, left, a former teacher from the school, who developed the fatal condition asbestosis – or mesothelioma – last summer.
The cancer is caused by inhaling particles of asbestos which […]
A WIDOW whose husband died of cancer after working in Barrow shipyard and the railways is seeking compensation.
Evelyn Holmes’ husband Leonard died in November 2006 from the asbestos-related condition mesothelioma.
The aggressive and incurable cancer, the only known cause of which is exposure to asbestos, has killed hundreds of former shipyard workers, claiming more lives per […]
Asbestos victims offered billions
W.R. Grace reaches deal to settle suits, clear bankruptcy
By Andrea K. Walker and Paul Adams | Sun reporters
9:00 PM EDT, April 7, 2008
W.R. Grace & Co. said Monday that it has reached a deal that could be worth more than $3 billion to settle thousands of lawsuits by people who say they were […]
Asbestos insurance costs expected to keep climbing
Posted by Gary Gosselin | Ann Arbor Business Review April 03, 2008 03:43AM
Although asbestos-related issues appear to have been pushed to the back burner, the cost of exposure to the carcinogen has been high and will get much higher.
Outlays for asbestos claims total $54 billion, and most analysts believe that the number of claimants and […]
SOMERSET, N.J., April 2, 2008, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ — Alfacell Corporation (Nasdaq: ACEL) today announced that it has confirmed that 316 evaluable events (patient deaths) have occurred in the confirmatory Phase IIIb clinical trial of its lead compound, ONCONASE (ranpirnase), for the treatment of patients with unresectable malignant mesothelioma (UMM). In accordance with the […]
Former nurse Margaret Forster devoted 38 years to caring for the sick. Now she fears it will cost her life.
The gran-of-two was given a year to live after being diagnosed with an asbestos-related lung cancer.
Margaret, 68, believes she developed the incurable condition mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos dust at hospitals in Sunderland.
She said: “I […]
A further 45 people have been confirmed with health problems after exposure to asbestos from a former factory site in Ota Ward, Tokyo, the ward office said Saturday.
One man in his 70s died in October of pericardial mesothelioma–a form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos–and seven other people developed health problems after inhaling asbestos, […]
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