CORRECTED: Kubota eyeing fund for studying cure for asbestos-linked diseases
_ Major machinery maker Kubota Corp. is planning to set up a fund to promote studies to establish medical treatment for mesothelioma and other diseases believed linked to asbestos, company officials said Wednesday.
7 Cos. Report Asbestos-Linked Deaths
Seven Japanese companies on Wednesday said a total of 51 workers who had handled asbestos had died in recent decades, raising to 294 the death toll at 10 companies.
Thoracic Cancer Patients Find New Reasons for Hope with Alimta(R)
Barcelona (ots/PRNewswire) - - New data may provide important treatment advances in mesothelioma and lung cancer Patients with a cancer of the lining of the lung, known as malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), lived longer than ...
Thoracic Cancer Patients Find New Reasons for Hope with Alimta(R)
Patients with a cancer of the lining of the lung, known as malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), lived longer than previously reported(1), when treated with Eli Lilly and Company's Alimta(R) (pemetrexed) in combination with cisplatin, according to updated data presented today at the 11th annual Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC).
LEAD: Death toll from asbestos-linked diseases rises to 306
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_ ---------- Kubota eyeing fund for studying cure for asbestos-linked diseases
Seven more companies in Japan announce asbestos-linked deaths
Seven Japanese companies on Wednesday said 51 employees who had handled asbestos had died in recent decades, adding to a mounting death toll linked to work-related exposure to the fibrous minerals.
Japanese firm says asbestos may have killed 141 workers
A major Japanese building materials maker said that 141 of its employees and pensioners died between 1976 and 2004 of lung diseases believed to have been caused by asbestos.
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_ ---------- Koizumi in Scotland, to seek G-8 backing for Japan's UNSC bid
Nichias Says 141 Deaths Linked to Asbestos
Japanese insulation materials maker Nichias Corp. said Tuesday that 141 employees, mostly plant and construction workers, have died over the last three decades after developing cancer and lung disease likely caused by the company's production of asbestos insulation.
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