Pointing to problems with expert witnesses, an appeals court Wednesday rejected an $8 million verdict in a case filed by a man who said he suffered mesothelioma because of exposure to asbestos in cigarette filters and in other products. A panel of the 4th District Court of Appeal ordered a new trial for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and a “directed” … [Read more...]
Asbestos exposure and histological subtype of malignant mesothelioma
Abstract Background Malignant mesothelioma (MM) has distinct histological subtypes (epithelioid, sarcomatoid and biphasic) with variable behaviour and prognoses. It is well recognised that survival time varies with the histological subtype of MM. It is not known, however, if asbestos exposure characteristics (type of asbestos, degree of … [Read more...]
Whitley Bay grandad diagnosed with same asbestos-related cancer that killed his dad
A former teacher who watched his own father die of asbestos-related cancer has spoken of his devastation at finding out he has the same disease. Adrian Starr was diagnosed with the terminal illness, mesothelioma, in October last year and says his only hope now is if medics are able to find a cure. The 67-year-old, a dad of two and granddad of … [Read more...]
Federal Law Preempts State Claims in Asbestos Case
The estate of a New Jersey woman who died of mesothelioma—possibly caused by physical contact with her father, who worked for a rapid transit system, and his asbestos-covered clothes—cannot sue the transportation system in state court, an appeals panel has ruled. Any state tort claims the estate may have against the key defendants—the Delaware … [Read more...]
Prophylactic Radiotherapy for the Prevention of Procedure-Tract Metastases in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
TAKE-HOME MESSAGE This multicenter, open-label phase III study evaluated the utility of prophylactic radiation to prevent procedure-tract metastases in 203 patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. No significant differences were observed in procedure-tract metastases incidence in those who received immediate radiotherapy vs those receiving … [Read more...]
Patient health, not age, should dictate treatment for mesothelioma, University academic says
A 17 year-long study conducted at Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, suggests surgical benefits are evident in both young and old. The conclusion of a study by a University team at Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, which took place between 1999 and 2015, has suggested that age is not as important in determining treatment options for mesothelioma as … [Read more...]
Dying and living with killer dust
Bruno Comelli died of a broken heart, says his adoring wife Edda. He’d survived Nazis and post-war poverty in Italy before arriving in Melbourne. There he worked seven days a week as a fruiterer and concreter to give his children the education he never had. In his late 70s Bruno was fit, strong, and savouring the life he had made for his family in … [Read more...]
Dr. Thierry Jahan on the CRS-207 Vaccine in Mesothelioma [interview video]
Thierry M. Jahan, MD, a clinical professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses a phase Ib trial of CRS-207 in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). CRS-207 is a live-attenuated, double-deleted Listeria monocytogene engineered to express the … [Read more...]
Teacher Developed Cancer From Asbestos
The case of a former Queensland science teacher who was diagnosed with cancer after working with equipment made from asbestos is not isolated, his lawyers say. The 69-year-old, who has requested not to be named, taught in a Toowoomba school for over a decade in the 1970s and 80s. A former science teacher has been diagnosed with … [Read more...]
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