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Mesothelioma Treatment News; Medical, Legal and Legislative Stories

As advocates for asbestos victims, the attorneys at Brayton Purcell keep up–to–date on medical, legal, and legislative issues that affect mesothelioma patients and their families. Bookmark this page for the latest information about mesothelioma treatment and diagnosis, asbestos in the home and workplace, funding for mesothelioma centers, and halting asbestos exposure. For earlier news articles, see Mesothelioma News Archive.

Medical Articles:

December 22, 2009

Bionomic’s Cancer Drug Showing Promise for Mesothelioma; Phase II Mesothelioma Trial Announced

November 23, 2009

Helping Hand for Mesothelioma and Other Cancer Sufferers from Pharmaceutical Companies

October 7, 2009

Senate Passes National Mesothelioma Awareness Day Resolution—13 More Co–Sponsors Needed to Pass House of Representatives

September 25, 2009

Mesothelioma Awareness Day—September 26, 2009

July 14, 2008

Mesothelioma Patients Await Findings for New Anti–Cancer Therapy Drugs

July 8, 2008

Iron Range Taconite Workers May Get Answers Through $4.9 Million Mesothelioma Study

July 8, 2008

Extrapleural Pneumonectomy Compared to Pleurectomy Decortication in Treating Mesothelioma

June 25, 2008

MARF’s International Symposium — Three Days Dedicated to Helping Those Affected by Mesothelioma

April 25, 2008

Peritoneal Mesothelioma Study Shows Promise Using Multimodality Therapy

April 11, 2008

Average Age of Presentation of Mesothelioma is Increasing, Average Health of Mesothelioma Patients Worse than Expected

March 7, 2008

Giving Mesothelioma Patients a Lift to Treatment With the Mesothelioma Foundation’s Travel Grant Program

March 5, 2008

Mesothelioma Treatment — New Clinical Study on Treating Mesothelioma with Thalidomide to Begin in Australia

February 21, 2008

Mesothelioma Grows into an International Health Crisis

February 13, 2008

Hawaiian Researchers Encouraged to Apply for Grants In the Fight Against Cancer

February 13, 2008

Mesothelioma Research Continues

January 28, 2008

Mesothelioma Research a Priority in Government Medical Research Program

January 17, 2008

Mesothelioma and Iron Rangers’ Study, First Step Finding Answers

December 24, 2007

LDCT Evaluated for Early Detection of Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma

December 19, 2007

Mesothelioma Drug Vinflunine Shows Promise

November 9, 2007

Encouraging Results for Mesothelioma Patients Treated with ALIMTA^®

September 28, 2007

Certain Mesothelioma Patients Living Longer with Chemotherapy

August 17, 2007

School of Public Health Heads Study on Iron Range Miners and Mesothelioma

June 29, 2007

Six More Minnesota Iron Range Miners Have Mesothelioma

June 15, 2007

Study Confirms Usefulness of Pemetrexed (ALIMTA^®) As Mesothelioma Treatment

April 20, 2007

Minnesota Iron Miners Developed Mesothelioma

March 30, 2007

Measuring Mesothelin in Effusions May Be Useful in Mesothelioma Diagnosis, Study Suggests

March 16, 2007

Asbestos More Likely to Cause Mesothelioma in Men Than in Women, Study Suggests

February 23, 2007

FDA Approves MESOMARK^® Assay Test for Detecting Mesothelioma

February 16, 2007

Combination of Pemetrexed and Cisplatin Improves the Survival Rate of Mesothelioma Patients

February 9, 2007

Onconase^® Granted Orphan Drug Status for Mesothelioma Treatment

January 5, 2007

Pemetrexed May Be Helpful in the Treatment of Peritoneal Mesothelioma, Case Study Suggests

November 22, 2006

ALIMTA^® (Pemetrexed) Study Indicated Drug’s Effectiveness in Treating Pleural Mesothelioma

July 28, 2006

Statins May Help Pleural Mesothelioma Cells Respond to Chemotherapy Drug Doxorubicin

June 2, 2006

Surgery Plus Chemotherapy May Help Peritoneal Mesothelioma Patients

April 21, 2006

Sequential Chemotherapy Regime Showed Promise in Treating Mesothelioma Patients, According to New Study

March 31, 2006

Clinical Trial Looks at Pleural Mesothelioma Treatment with Pemetrexed (ALIMTA^®) Plus Carboplatin (Paraplatin^®)

March 24, 2006

Study Pinpoints Distribution of Mesothelioma in US

February 24, 2006

Early Chemotherapy Benefits Mesothelioma Patients

December 16, 2005

Montana Study Shows Mesothelioma Cases Follow Railroad Lines

October 21, 2005

Osteopontin Shows Promise as Marker for Detecting Pleural Mesothelioma

October 14, 2005

Study Shows Improvement in Pleural Mesothelioma Patients Treated with Cisplatin Plus Raltitrexed

September 30, 2005

MARF To Hold Second International Symposium On Malignant Mesothelioma

August 5, 2005

Mesothelioma Patients Being Recruited for Sorafenib Study

July 8, 2005

Naturally Occurring Asbestos May Increase Mesothelioma Risk, Study Suggests

May 11, 2005

New Mesothelioma Blood Test Now Available

April 01, 2005

Effect of IMRT Radiation Following the Mesothelioma Surgery Known as “Extrapleural Pneumonectomy”

April 01, 2005

Onconase^® Granted Orphan Drug Status for Mesothelioma Treatment in Australia

December 03, 2004

Mesothelioma Treatment Using A Combination of Surgery and Chemotherapy

October 1, 2004

Gemcitabine and Cisplatin May Improve Outcome of Surgery for Mesothelioma Patients, Study Suggests

August 6, 2004

Australian Researchers Report on New Mesothelioma Drug, SBP002

July 16, 2004

Study Reviews Complications of Mesothelioma Surgery

June 25, 2004

Clinical Trial Shows Promise for Veglin In Fighting Tumors

May 28, 2004

Research on Surgery in Treating Mesothelioma

April 9, 2004

Cancer Center to Treat Mesothelioma Patients Exposed to Vermiculite

March 26, 2004

Newly Approved Colorectal Cancer Drug Now in Clinical Trial for Mesothelioma Patients

February 13, 2004

FDA Approves Sale of Mesothelioma Drug ALIMTA^®

December 12, 2003

Distinguishing Mesothelioma From Lung Adenocarcinoma Through MUC4 Analysis

November 21, 2003

Scientists Working on Blood Test to Detect Mesothelioma

October 3, 2003

Positron Emission Tomography Indicated Spread of Pleural Mesothelioma

September 12, 2003

EPA Downplayed Post–9/11 Asbestos and Other Safety Hazards in NYC, Report Says

September 5, 2003

Radiotherapy and Surgery in Pleural Mesothelioma Treatment

August 22, 2003

Pemetrexed (ALIMTA^®) Plus Cisplatin Shows Continuing Promise in Pleural Mesothelioma Treatment

July 3, 2003

Use of Mediastinoscopy to Determine Whether Mesothelioma Tumors Have Spread

June 13, 2003

Gemcitabine and Carboplatin May Prove Helpful in Mesothelioma Treatment

May 5, 2003

New Ways to Approach Mesothelioma Diagnosis

April 18, 2003

Foscan–Mediated PDT and Surgery May Prove Helpful for Mesothelioma Patients

March 7, 2003

Growth Factors in Mesothelioma Cell Lines Studied

February 14, 2003

Study Shows Raltitrexed Alone May Be Helpful in Mesothelioma Treatment

January 24, 2003

Raltitrexed and Oxaliplatin Evaluated in Mesothelioma Treatment

Legal

February 18, 2005

W.R. Grace Accused of Hiding Asbestos Health Problems

May 30, 2003

EPA Issues Vermiculite Insulation Warning

March 10, 2003

Asbestos Victims Can Sue for Stress Due to Cancer Fears

Legislative

January 14, 2005

Specter Wants To Finish Asbestos Bill By Early February

July 23, 2004

Update on Asbestos Legislation

May 14, 2004

Talks on Frist/Hatch Asbestos Bill End Without Agreement

April 27, 2004

Hatch/Frist Asbestos Bailout Bill Stalled in Senate

September 5, 2003

Hatch Asbestos Bill to Go Before Senate; Annotated Text of Bill Provided

August 22 2003

Asbestos Bill, S.B. 1125, Is a Sham, Construction Worker Says

August 15, 2003

S.B. 1125 Deprives Asbestos Victims of Due Process, Asbestos Claimants’ Committee Says

July 31, 2003

Texas Bills Harmful to Asbestos Victims

July 7, 2003

Hatch Bill Provides Inadequate Protection for Asbestos Victims

June 6, 2003

Bill Reintroduced to Ban Asbestos, Set Up Mesothelioma Registry