Fujirebio Diagnostics Submits Application to FDA For Approval of MESOMARK, the First Blood Test for Mesothelioma
Genetic Engineering News, May 4, 2005
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Treatment Options for Some Difficult Cancers Improve Survival
Source: Newswise, March 5, 2005
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Surgery + Heated Chemo for Difficult Cancers
Source: myDNA.com, March 8, 2005
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Grand Jury Indictment: W.R. Grace Lied About Dangers of Asbestos Exposure
Source: Occupational Hazards, February 8, 2005
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A Mesothelioma Victim's Fight for Swift Justice
Source: Belleville News-Democrat
November 16, 2004 4Article
November 17, 2004 4Article
Source: The Telegraph
November 17, 2004 4Article
November 22, 2004 Lindau's case is settled
Source: The Madison County Record, November 22, 2004 4Article

International Symposium Will Focus On Curing Mesothelioma
Source: BioSPace.com - October 6, 2004
A lethal, but long- overlooked cancer will take a major step out of the shadows next week, as The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation convenes the First International Symposium on Malignant Mesothelioma. 4Article

Daschle Agrees to $140 Billion Asbestos Relief Fund
Source: Bloomberg - September 16, 2004
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle accepted a Republican proposal limiting a trust fund for asbestos victims to $140 billion to break a deadlock that has stalled the legislation in Congress. 4Article

Experimental Surgery Gives Cancer Patient Hope
Source: TheBostonChannel.com - September 16, 2004
Nine months ago, Karen Grant was diagnosed with a cancer that doctors said was untreatable, but an experimental surgery gave her a sliver of hope. 4Article

Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) seeks to serve as the united voice for all asbestos victims.

Trial Lawyers for Public Justice has just helped expose -- and is working hard to prevent -- an illegal and unethical asbestos experiment planned by the City of Fort Worth, Texas. Read Article.

TV Ad Calls For Asbestos Bill To Fail

COURT upholds secondhand-asbestos award. Read article

Research is continually being conducted to learn more about mesothelioma and its physical consequences as well as the effectiveness of various treatments. Keep checking here to find updated information on studies that can help you deal with this disease.

Environmental Working Group new study shows that 10,000 people a year are dying from asbestos and the death toll rising. See www.ewg.org/reports/asbestos for the full report. Read Article

The Food and Drug Administration announced on 2/5/2004 it has approved the first drug for treatment of a rare type of cancer known as malignant pleural mesothelioma. Read Article

ASBESTOS legislation falls apart in the Senate Article. Read Article

One of the nation?s leading Mesothelioma Cancer Centers is launching a comprehensive medical program to study the effects of asbestos-related cancers linked with contaminated vermiculite, a mineral used in insulation. Read Article

Senator renews her efforts to ban asbestos. Read Article

New Mexico man finds his strength in his battle with mesothelioma. Read Article

Controversial Asbestos Trust Fund Bill to be voted on by the end of April. Labor supporters consider bill to be ?grossly inadequate.? Read Article

New study reviews novel approach to control inflammation caused mesothelioma Read Article

Fund would aid asbestos victims But few expect the Senate to approve the $114 billion measure Read Article

New experimental vaccine shows promise in stopping lung cancer. Read Article

Meet the Chemistry professor that developed Alimta, the new cancer drug. Read Article

Laborers face A lifetime Of health worries
As a result, the Jimenez brothers and the other workers face the potential of contracting the irreversible lung scarring called asbestosis and mesothelioma. Read Article

Companies have paid out an estimated $70 billion on some 730,000 asbestos personal injury claims, making it the most expensive type of litigation in U.S. history, according to the RAND Institute for Civil Justice. Read Article

Finding his strength. New Mexico Rep. Ray Ruiz was known a man of might, from the basketball court to the Roundhouse. Now, he's battling cancer and finding new verve in his quest to help ailing lab workers. Read Article

A jury has awarded $6 million to a Pennsylvania couple for injuries the husband received after repeated exposure to asbestos. Read Article

Companies have paid out an estimated $70 billion on some 730,000 asbestos personal injury claims, making it the most expensive type of litigation in U.S. history, according to the RAND Institute for Civil Justice. Read Article

American Cancer Society

New Drug Nearly Doubles Survival Time For Mesothelioma Patients Pain; Other Symptoms Also Eased For Many
2002/08/20

Cancer News site
Here you'll find sections on treatments, resources and updates/webcasts. You can subscribe to their newsletter.

The Mayo Clinic
The site has a search function. Type in "mesothelioma" for access to recent articles.

American Cancer Society

National Cancer Institute

University of Pennsylvania’s Oncolink

Mayo Clinic

Intellihealth

American Institute for Cancer Research - www.aicr.org 

American Thoracic Society - www.thoracic.org

Canadian Cancer Society - www.cancer.ca

ChemoCare - www.chemocare.com 

Mesothelioma Aid - www.mesothelioma-aid.org 

Sometimes people with serious illnesses would like to speak with others in the same situation. The following organizations attempt to match people with similar situations looking for mutual support.

Anderson Network (cancer)
Phone : 1-800-345-6324 (Toll Free)
Website: www.mdanderson.org/andersonnetwork
The Anderson Network, part of The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Center in Houston has a database of 700 cancer survivors.

Cancer Hope Network (cancer)
Phone: 1-877-HOPENET (Toll Free)
Website: www.cancerhopenet.org
Cancer Hope Network has a database of 325 patients representing 45 cancers.

Med Help Int'l Patient Network (all illnesses)
www.medhelp.org/network.htm

Books

Libby, Montana: Asbestos and the Deadly Silence of an American Corporation by Andrea Peacock - This book just came out on Libby, Montana, the asbestos coverup; we'll tell you more about it after we've read it.

Fatal Deception: How Big Business is Still Killing Us with Asbestos
by Michael Bowker - This book should be of interest to anyone affected by an asbestos-related illness. It chronicles the fight for justice in Libby, Montana, site of the most lethal environmental disaster in U.S. history. It tells in great detail of the callous disregard of the W. R. Grace Company, both for the protection of its workers (and literally, the town of Libby), from the deadly effects of asbestos fibers, and in the far-reaching coverup that followed. Also mentioned, are concerns about a possible coverup by the EPA and the government at the site of the World Trade Center in New York, and the fact that asbestos is still an ingredient in thousands of products in the U.S. – one of the few nations that has still not placed a ban on its use.