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Asbestos Exposure and Malignant Mesothelioma in Construction Workers—Epidemiological Remarks by the Italian National Mesothelioma Registry (ReNaM)

January 21, 2022 By Thomas Lamb

Notwithstanding the ban in 1992, asbestos exposure for workers in the construction sector in Italy remains a concern. The purpose of this study is to describe the characteristics of malignant mesothelioma (MM) cases recorded by the Italian registry (ReNaM) among construction workers. Incident mesothelioma cases with a definite asbestos exposure … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Asbestos, Exposure, Mesothelioma, Uncategorized Tagged With: asbestos, asbestos exposure, asbestos-related cancer, malignant mesothelioma, mesothelioma

Surgical Risk and Survival Associated With Less Invasive Surgery for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

January 11, 2022 By Thomas Lamb

We compared less invasive surgery with conventional surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). We retrospectively reviewed consecutive patients with MPM who received surgery at Hyogo College of Medicine between July 2004 and April 2016. Patients underwent multimodal treatment comprising chemotherapy (neoadjuvant and/or adjuvant) and surgery … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Medicine, Mesothelioma, Uncategorized Tagged With: malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), mesothelioma, mesothelioma treatments

Tongue: the unusual site in malignant pleural mesothelioma

August 26, 2021 By Thomas Lamb

Malignant mesotheliomas (MMs) are malignancies of the mesothelium, with primary deposits originating in the pleura, peritoneum, pericardium and the tunica vaginalis (ie, testicular). Metastatic spread is commonly reported to affect the liver, adrenal glands, kidney and contralateral lung (in cases of malignant pleural mesothelioma). Metastases to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Medicine, Mesothelioma, Uncategorized Tagged With: malignant mesothelioma, malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), mesothelioma

Efficacy and safety of pembrolizumab in patients with advanced mesothelioma in the open-label, single-arm, phase 2 KEYNOTE-158 study

April 7, 2021 By Thomas Lamb

Background:  Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) has few treatment options. [ Keytruda (pembrolizumab) ] showed preliminary clinical benefit in programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1)-positive MPM. We evaluated the efficacy and safety of [ Keytruda (pembrolizumab) ] monotherapy in patients with previously treated MPM irrespective of PD-L1 status in the … [Read more...]

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Asbestos Warnings Grow With Penn State Lawsuit, National Push

March 18, 2020 By Thomas Lamb

Peter Labosky Jr. had been retired for 12 years from his job as a professor of wood sciences at Penn State University when he was diagnosed in 2014 with mesothelioma. He died five months later. [This case is an example of a “new” or non-traditional asbestos litigation area.] Mr. Labosky’s family alleges in a lawsuit filed in 2016 that the … [Read more...]

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J&J settles California baby powder-cancer case in the middle of jury trial

January 8, 2020 By Thomas Lamb

Johnson & Johnson resolved a woman’s claims that asbestos-laced baby powder caused her cancer [ by means of a settlement during trial ] before a California jury got a chance to consider the allegations in one of dozens of cases to go to trial. Jurors in state court in Oakland heard more than two weeks’ worth of testimony in Linda O’Hagan’s … [Read more...]

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Radical hemithoracic radiotherapy doubles survival among certain patients with mesothelioma

December 3, 2019 By Thomas Lamb

Patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma who underwent nonradical surgery and chemotherapy appeared twice as likely to achieve 2-year OS with radical hemithoracic radiotherapy vs. palliative radiotherapy, according to randomized phase 3 study results presented at European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology Congress. Based on these … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Medicine, Mesothelioma, Uncategorized Tagged With: malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), mesothelioma, mesothelioma treatments

Disappointment Over Immunotherapy in Mesothelioma

November 19, 2019 By Thomas Lamb

Despite showing promise in phase 2 trials, new results from a randomized phase 3 [ immunotherapy in mesothelioma ] trial are disappointing in a tumor type that remains a major killer. In patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) who had progressed after first-line chemotherapy, immunotherapy with pembrolizumab (Keytruda, Merck) appears … [Read more...]

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NIOSH considers mesothelioma registry; seeks input

May 28, 2019 By Thomas Lamb

The [ National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ] is gauging the feasibility of a national [ mesothelioma registry ] intended to track cases of mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer linked to on-the-job exposure to asbestos. According to a Request for Information published in the April 8 Federal Register, the agency is asking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Case Reports, Facts, Mesothelioma, Uncategorized Tagged With: asbestos exposure, asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

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