Cure Mesothelioma Cancer In 5 Minutes (PR Web)
In only 5 minutes, you can help mesothelioma cancer victims create and fund a $30 million per year federal program. Mesothelioma cancer currently affects thousands worldwide, but you can help combat this disease in just 5 minutes by signing a petition online. This petition asks the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee to federally fund the National Mesothelioma Cancer Research and Treatment
Mesothelioma sufferers in Alimta plea (Sydney Morning Herald)
Mesothelioma sufferer Tony Lorizio credits chemotherapy drug Alimta with getting him healthy enough to take his two young daughters on a holiday to Disneyland.
Agilent Technologies' New Genome Analysis Technology Set to Accelerate Australia's Fight Against Mesothelioma (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced that its breakthrough Human Genome CGH Microarray technology will be used by researchers at Melbourne's Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in a three-year study designed to better understand mesothelioma, a cancer found in the lining of the chest, the abdominal cavity and around the heart, usually caused by exposure to asbestos.
Mesothelioma sufferers in Alimta plea (AAP via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News)
Mesothelioma sufferers have urged the government to give all patients chemotherapy drug Alimta which has shown to control the disease.
Asbestos deaths stalk DIY workers (NEWS.com.au)
A NATIONAL addiction to home renovation has been blamed for a surge in cases of the killer asbestos-caused disease mesothelioma. Renovators are being warned that even small jobs can be fatal as new figures in Victoria show mesothelioma cases have more than quadrupled since 1982.
Fujirebio Diagnostics Expands Commercial Availability of First Blood Test for Mesothelioma (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Fujirebio Diagnostics, Inc. , a world-leader in oncology testing, and Cisbio international, a French biotechnology company, today announced a distribution agreement for European distribution of FDI's new blood test for mesothelioma - MESOMARK.
Manufacturers Encouraged by Asbestos Fund Plan (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The trade association representing U.S. manufacturers said on Friday it was encouraged by a Senate plan to create a $140 billion asbestos compensation fund, but stopped short of an endorsement.
A Silent Killer (CTV.ca)
Lurking in the attics and walls of hundreds of thousands of Canadian homes there is a potentially deadly substancean insulation product with the brand name Zonolite. And it can be a silent killer.
Manitoba woman urges federal government to help asbestos victims (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
WINNIPEG (CP) - An aboriginal woman who says the insulation in her childhood home has made her and her family sick said Friday she has found seven similar cases on reserves in Manitoba.
Chemo drug too expensive for PBS, says committee (Daily Telegraph)
A chemotherapy drug that can prolong survival for mesothelioma victims was too expensive to be listed under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) said today.
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