Topic: Patients

The leader of the Suffolk County Legislature, William Lindsay, will begin next week an experimental treatment for mesothelioma overseen by the National Institutes of Health, according to Long Island Newsday. Lindsay, a former electrician and…

Pipefitter Graham Hall, who died in January after being diagnosed with mesothelioma, recalled being showered with asbestos dust during the time he worked as a pipefitter at a British steel plant, according to information presented…

The 10th annual Meso Foundation Symposium, scheduled March 7-8 in Las Vegas, is quickly approaching. The annual conference is an inclusive event covering topics of interest to mesothelioma patients, caregivers and families who have lost…

Doctors in Japan describe the unusual case of a long-term mesothelioma survivor who was treated with chemotherapy and hyperthermia. In the Dec. 28 online issue of the Journal of Medical Case Reports, doctors at Gunma…

The annual report on the status of cancer in the United States, released this week, shows a continued decline in cancer death rates among men and women for the most common types of cancer such…