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Environmental exposure to asbestos and the risk of lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

June 3, 2021 By Thomas Lamb

Asbestos is a carcinogen associated with lung cancer, but few studies have examined the increased risk of lung cancer due to environmental asbestos exposure. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the association between environmental asbestos exposure and lung cancer. We searched for articles on non-occupational or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Exposure, Lung Cancer Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos exposure, asbestos-related cancer, lung cancer

Effect of Asbestos Exposure on the Frequency of EGFR Mutations and ALK/ROS1 Rearrangements in Patients With Lung Adenocarcinoma: A Multicentric Study

March 23, 2021 By Thomas Lamb

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of asbestos exposure on cancer-driver mutations. Methods: Between January 2014 and September 2018, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), anaplastic lymphoma receptor tyrosine kinase (ALK), and c-ros oncogene 1 receptor tyrosine kinase gene (ROS1) alterations, demographic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Exposure, Lung Cancer, Medicine Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos exposure, lung adenocarcinoma, lung cancer, lung carcinoma

What is the link between asbestos and lung cancer?

March 15, 2021 By Thomas Lamb

Asbestos is a material that people have used as insulation since the Industrial Revolution. There are strong associations between asbestos and certain types of cancer, including lung cancer and mesothelioma, which is a type of cancer that affects the mesothelial cells. According to the American Cancer Society, several expert agencies, including … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Lung Cancer Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos exposure, lung cancer

Private Settlement Reached in Mesothelioma Case

July 30, 2020 By Thomas Lamb

A private settlement was reached in a mass litigation asbestos case [on July 28, 2020] in Ohio County [(West Virginia)] Circuit Court, meaning a trial set to take place at The Highlands Event Center next week won’t be necessary. Both Ohio County Clerk of Courts Brenda Miller and court employees for Judge Ronald Wilson said details of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lawsuits, Lung Cancer, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos lawsuits, lung cancer, mesothelioma, mesothelioma lawsuits

Asbestos inhalation poses cancer risks to workers and consumers

April 16, 2020 By Thomas Lamb

The processing and use of asbestos-containing diaphragms by the chlor-alkali industry poses an unreasonable risk to the health of workers, the US Environmental Protection Agency concludes in a draft risk evaluation. The assessment, released March 30, also finds unreasonable risks to workers and consumers who process or use asbestos-containing sheet … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Asbestosis, Exposure, Lung Cancer, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos dust, asbestos-containing products, asbestosis, lung cancer, mesothelioma

EPA finds asbestos poses cancer risks for workers, reigniting calls for ban

April 10, 2020 By Thomas Lamb

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that [ asbestos dust ] poses an unreasonable risk of [ lung cancer and mesothelioma ] to both workers and consumers who inhale it, ramping up pressure on the agency to ban the substance. In a draft risk assessment published this week, the EPA said that workers who inhale [ asbestos dust ] … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Asbestosis, Exposure, Lung Cancer, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos dust, asbestos exposure, asbestos-related cancer, asbestos-related diseases, asbestosis, lung cancer, mesothelioma

A Most Reckless Proposal — A Plan to Continue Asbestos Use in the United States

August 8, 2019 By Thomas Lamb

Each year, nearly 40,000 Americans die often painful, protracted deaths from diseases caused by asbestos. These deaths occur in firefighters, police officers, construction workers, miners, military veterans, shipyard workers, and maintenance workers whose exposures to asbestos are primarily occupational. Death also occurs in partners and children … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Asbestosis, Lawsuits, Lung Cancer, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos lawsuits, asbestos-related cancer, asbestos-related diseases, asbestosis, lung cancer, malignant mesothelioma, mesothelioma

Differentiating epithelioid mesothelioma from lung adenocarcinoma — MUC21 is a novel, negative immunohistochemical marker

October 25, 2018 By Thomas Lamb

A recent medical study investigated the potential usefulness of mucin 21 (MUC21), as a novel, negative diagnostic marker for purpose of differentiating epithelioid mesothelioma from lung adenocarcinoma.  In order to analyze the expression of MUC21 by immunohistochemistry, 70 epithelioid mesothelioma and 70 lung adenocarcinoma cases were examined.  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lung Cancer, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos-related cancer, lung adenocarcinoma, lung cancer, malignant mesothelioma, malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), mesothelioma, mesothelioma diagnosis

Early Signs of Efficacy Seen With Mesothelin CAR T-Cell Therapy

August 21, 2018 By Thomas Lamb

Mesothelin-targeted chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has shown early evidence of efficacy in a phase I trial of patients with malignant pleural disease and mesothelioma, non–small cell lung cancer, or breast cancer (NCT02414269). Additionally, significant responses were seen in patients who went on to receive subsequent PD-1 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lung Cancer, Medicine, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos-related cancer, malignant mesothelioma, malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), mesothelioma, mesothelioma treatments

Costs related to asbestos exposure much higher than original estimates

September 27, 2017 By Thomas Lamb

The annual cost of newly diagnosed mesothelioma and lung cancer due to work-related asbestos exposure is significantly higher than first thought, according to a study by the Institute for Work & Health. The original tab was $1.9 billion, but a review of figures now puts that cost at $2.35 billion, according to research by senior scientist … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Exposure, Lung Cancer, Mesothelioma Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos exposure, asbestos-related diseases, lung cancer, mesothelioma, secondhand asbestos exposure

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