New Clinical Trial For Patients With Asbestos-associated Lung Cancer

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New Clinical Trial For Patients With Asbestos-associated Lung Cancer
The Mesothelioma Center within the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center is now recruiting patients for a clinical research study of a new targeted radiation and chemotherapy protocol for pleural mesothelioma, a cancer of the lung’s lining that is almost always caused by previous exposure to asbestos.

Technology uses tobacco plants to fight cancer (Reuters)

File photo shows flu vaccine dripping out of a syringe as a nurse prepares for a patient at a clinic in central London November 22, 2005. REUTERS/Dylan MartinezReuters - A personalized vaccine made using tobacco plants — normally associated with causing cancer rather than helping cure it — could aid people with lymphoma in fighting the disease, U.S. researchers said on Monday.


Mesothelioma Lawyer
Mesothelioma Lawyer2 min - Nov 15, 2007 The mesothelioma attorneys of Williams Kherkher interview witnesses for a mesothelioma case. To get more information about asbestos and mesothelioma, go to http://www.mesolawsuit.com or http://www.williamskherkher.com. Source: http://video.google.com/url?docid=9213551884521203194&esrc=rss_searchfeed&ev=v&len=104&q=mesothelioma&srcurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.yahoo.com%2Fvideo%2Fplay%3Fvid%3D1465668&vidurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2Fvideoplay%3Fdocid%3D9213551884521203194%26q%3Dmesothelioma&usg=AL29H21Xa9FgSUytAE0gEx3RXlMus-VbJw

Mesothelioma Lawyer

2 min - Nov 15, 2007


The mesothelioma attorneys of Williams Kherkher interview witnesses for a mesothelioma case. To get more information about asbestos and mesothelioma, go to http://www.mesolawsuit.com or http://www.williamskherkher.com.

Source: http://video.google.com/url?docid=9213551884521203194&esrc=rss_searchfeed&ev=v&len=104&q=mesothelioma&srcurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.yahoo.com%2Fvideo%2Fplay%3Fvid%3D1465668&vidurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2Fvideoplay%3Fdocid%3D9213551884521203194%26q%3Dmesothelioma&usg=AL29H21Xa9FgSUytAE0gEx3RXlMus-VbJw

Vytorin not linked to cancer in other trials: doctor (Reuters)
Reuters - The Vytorin cholesterol fighter sold by Merck & Co and Schering-Plough has not been linked to cancer or cancer deaths in two large ongoing studies of the medicine, an epidemiologist said on Monday during a medical meeting in London.

Exposure To Volcanic Mineral Associated With Increased Mesothelioma Incidence In Turkey
High exposure to a fibrous volcanic mineral called erionite was associated with a high incidence of a type of cancer called mesothelioma, according to a study in the March 15 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Brain Cancer Vaccine’s Immune Response Key to Outcomes (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 15 (HealthDay News) — An in-trial dendritic cell vaccine that fights malignant brain tumors called glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) may help boost a patient’s immunity response and improve the outcome, a new report says.

No Role For Simian Virus 40 In Human Pleural Mesotheliomas
A study, published in the September 25 issue of Lancet, calls into question the proposed link between SV40 and pleural mesothelioma and provides a possible explanation for the discrepancies in the results obtained by different groups.

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