Mesothelioma Treatment News Update

International Symposium Will Focus on Curing MesotheliomaYahoo News (press release) - USA... presentations will address how both America's public and private sectors can allocate resources toward medical research to improve mesothelioma treatment. ...

Alimta Improves Life of Lung Cancer PatientsCancerWise - USA... Herbst says Alimta, already used for mesothelioma treatment since earlier this year, is now being used at MD Anderson for lung cancer. ...

Surgery After Chemotherapy Shows Promise for Patients With ...Cancer Consultants (press release) - Memphis,TN,USA... these patients. One type of therapy being evaluated in the treatment of mesothelioma is neoadjuvant chemotherapy. The idea behind ...

Response at Three-Months Post WBRT Found to be Statistically ...Yahoo News (press release) - USA... DHFR inhibitor) intended to treat non-small cell lung cancer, mesothelioma and non ... of EFAPROXYN for use as an adjunct to WBRT for the treatment of patients with ...

Asbestos death toll rises againSuffolk Evening Star - Ipswich,England,UK... oncologist came up from Norwich and said sorry you have got mesothelioma and he ... I don't think there is anywhere in the country you could get better treatment.".

Salmedix, Inc. Announces the Initiation of Two New Clinical TrialsBusiness Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA... with non-small cell lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, mesothelioma, soft tissue ... drug development company with a commercial focus on the treatment of hematologic ...

ARIAD Reports Tumor Regression With AP23573 As a Single Agent in ...Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA... 5 months in those demonstrating anti-tumor responses, extending to greater than 18 months - the longest treatment to date ... Minor response - Mesothelioma, a form ...

ALFACELL Corporation Signs License Agreement With National ...Yahoo News (press release) - USA... the Company's family of cytotoxic RNases -- including Onconase® (ranpirnase), currently in pivotal Phase III trials as a treatment for malignant mesothelioma. ...

MASS rallies back asbestos victimsNEWS.com.au - Australia... Mesothelioma is an aggressive form of cancer gained from breathing in asbestos dust. ... he was one of the "lucky ones"
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ADOBE, Best Buy, Taser, and moreInvestor's Business Daily (subscription) - USA... applications for the antibody, including those derived from its combination with Onconase, the company's treatment for malignant mesothelioma that's currently ...

HARDIES should pay: rallyNinemsn - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia... Hardie should be forced to pay for research into treatment of asbestos ... home construction supervisor Bill Read, who was diagnosed with mesothelioma 13 months ago ...

EXPERIMENTAL Surgery Gives Cancer Patient HopeBoston Channel.com - Boston,MA,USA... for two years and hoping to start her own family, was given a horrific diagnosis -- mesothelioma. ... But without immediate treatment, there's very little time. ...

PROMISING result for mesothelioma drugNinemsn - Sydney,New South Wales,AustraliaThe first people to test a new mesothelioma treatment drug were so impressed with the results they asked to keep taking the medication after the trial had ended ...

ALFACELL Shares to Trade on NASDAQ SmallCap MarketPR Newswire (press release) - USA... complete our pivotal Phase III trials and prepare for an NDA filing for our lead product, Onconase(R) for the treatment of malignant mesothelioma." The Company ...