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Lung Cancer & Mesothelioma News - Newest Treatment Developments,
Clinical Trials, Deaths due to Asbestos Related Diseases, Environmental
Protection & Asbestos Awareness
>>> CT
Scans Detect Early Lung Cancer and Can Have 92% Survival Rate in
10 Years - Cancer Treatment Breakthrough, Smoking for 30 Years
(January 5th, 2009)
The below video is a study of how Anne Morrison was able to become
Cancer free after an early CT scan done on her lungs detected malignant
tumor which was removed. Otherwise if the tumor had not been removed
in 5 years, she would probably have been dead by now... (Read
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>>> Protein
from Lung Cancer Cells Spurs Inflammation To Induce Metastasis -
University of California Study Suggests - Description of Versican
Protein, Process of Metastasis & Inflammation/Scarring of Lungs
(January 2nd, 2008)
San Diego, California - A medical study team from the Medicine School
@ University of California is currently investigating a new protein
that is produced by Cancerous lung epithelial cells that can inflammate
or at least spur inflammation or scarring of the lungs, leading
to spread (metastasis) of lung cancer. Their research will be published
on the January 1st, 2009 issue of the Journal of Nature and will
detail how Cancer cells that have grown to advanced stages will
force the immune system of the body to generate a hostile micro-environment
for the spread and scarring of lung cancer. This research could
lead to discovery of ways of limiting the metastasis (spread) of
this deadly form of Lung cancer, which could significantly reduce
the # of lung cancers in the US each year... (Read
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>>> 15
Year Shipbuilder Survives Mesothelioma Lung Cancer - Cancer Treated
with Precise Radiation & Advanced Surgery Techniques
(October 16th, 2008)
Houston, TX. - Former Navy shipyard worker (shipbuilder) John Ross
built ships for 15 years before coming to find out that he had inhaled
asbestos fibers that formed the deadly mesothelioma lung cancer
in his lungs. Mr. Ross lived and worked in Mississippi but has now
traveled to Houston for cancer treatment; accompanied by his son
John Ross Jr. and daughter Dorothy. The family says they have spent
tens of thousands of dollars for his treatment & checkup costs
as well as the 700 mile, 11 hour journey to Houston.
>>> New
York Business Owner & Air Monitor Places Residents & Workers
at Risk of Mesothelioma Lung Cancer
(September 29th, 2008)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Mark Desnoyers, owner of Adirondack Environmental
Associates based in New York city was recently convicted of of falsifying
test results for asbestos removal companies in a Utica Federal court.
Working as an air monitor, Desnoyers's job was to assemble proper
documentation of safe home asbestos abatement procedures & removal
from public/commercial and residential buildings. In the court trial,
it was found that Desnoyers secretly worked with asbestos abatement
companies to falsify the results of his research and help asbestos
abatement companies ignore environmental laws that were regulated
in order to protect the general public, workers & students in
public schools from being exposed to Asbestos... (Read
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>>> Former
Alcoa Employee to Sue Company for $20 Million from Wrongful Death
Resulting from Asbestos Exposure
( September 16th, 2008)
Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled a landslide victory for victims
of mesothelioma lung cancer & other asbestos related diseases
in a ruling saying a corporation has full duty to prevent its employees
from going home at the end of the workday in clothes that are contaminated
with asbestos fibers. Knowing that the families of such workers
could also be exposed to the tiny dangerous asbestos fibers that
can easily be inhaled if they become airborne, the company has an
important duty to set precautions for its employees and prevent
asbestos exposure. The company being sued is Alcoa, a large corporation
that engages in the production and management of primary aluminum,
fabricated aluminum, and alumina worldwide. The plaintiff is Amanda
Satterfield, a beautiful young woman who died on January 1st, 2005,
just at the age of 25. Amanda's family is suing Alcoa for $10 million
in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages... (Read
More)
>>> New
Clinical Trial Studying Chemotherapy & Radiation Treatment Protocols
for Pleural Mesothelioma
(September 5th, 2008)
A new clinical trial to study alternative radiation & chemotherapy
treatments for pleural mesothelioma is underway at the The Mesothelioma
Center within the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at
New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center.
Dr. Robert Taub, the pioneer of the study and director of the Mesothelioma
Center at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia and professor of clinical
medicine at Columbia University (College of Surgeons Department)
quotes, "Current surgical and chemotherapy treatments of patients
with malignant pleural mesothelioma are unsatisfactory, and have
not been shown to significantly prolong survival. In this study,
we will investigate whether a combination of chemotherapy and radiation
targeted directly at the lung's lining can improve outcomes while
avoiding surgery. In addition, this approach has shown to have minimal
toxic side effects compared to systemic chemotherapy...." (Read
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>>> Asbestos
Kills 28 Year Old Woman - Precise Cause of Death Unknown
(August 31st, 2008)
Leigh Carlisle (photo left) developed mesothelioma lung cancer at
the tender age of 26 years and has since then battled this disease
courageously. However, she had no clue how she contracted this disease
and why it would come at such a young stage in her life. She is
perceived as the United Kingdom's youngest mesothelioma cancer victim.
Since mesothelioma lung cancer develops 20-30 years after initial
asbestos exposure, this may mean Ms. Carlisle was exposed to asbestos
at a very young age. But where and how? Unfortunately, she never
got to know the answer as she passed away on Wednesday August 27th,
2008 at a hospital in North Manchester, UK. Industrial lawyers have
started investigating the possibility that Ms. Carlisle could have
been exposed to asbestos whilst at school as asbestos fibers in
school buildings is very common... (Read
More)
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