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Sep 24 2012

Cause-Specific Mortality in Relation to Chrysotile-Asbestos Exposure in Chinese Cohort

The dangers of chrysotile asbestos continues to remain a contentious topic, especially among defendants who argue that chrysotile is a “safe” fiber. Chrysotile represents 95% of all asbestos ever used and is currently the only type of ...

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Sep 21 2012

Sarcomatoid Predominant Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: An Institutional Approach and Experience

Sarcomatoid-predominant malignant pleural mesothelioma is an especially difficult tumor to control. Thoracic surgeons at UCLA seeking to improve the poor prognosis that comes with this incredibly aggressive cancer looked at the treatment of ...

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Sep 20 2012

Thermal Therapy in the Treatment of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

Thermal therapy has been used in cancer therapy for decades and hyperthermic chemotherapy perfusion, specifically, has been used in the treatment of mesothelioma but without data as to the optimal conditions. In a study performed at UCLA, doctors ...

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Sep 19 2012

The Timing of Chemotherapy in the Multimodality Treatment of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

Chemotherapy used in multimodality treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma is typically performed within 4-6 weeks prior to or after surgery, and various strategies have been used with regard to the timing of chemotherapy within a multimodality ...

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Sep 18 2012

Meso Empowerment Exclusive: Dr. Cameron shares his brilliant insights on breakthrough moments at IMIG Conference in Boston or, Galileo is Smiling

Dr. Robert Cameron, thoracic surgeon and mesothelioma specialist, was kind enough to provide us with his tweets as he attended the recent IMIG conference in Boston. His “boots on the ground” tweets were simply too compelling to leave ...

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