Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer News: August, 2009
Rosetta Genomics and Warnex Medical Laboratories have signed exclusive distribution agreement in Canada. The agreement gives Warnex the rights to marketing and distributing three new microRNA-based diagnostic tests created by Rosetta Genomics.
A Sydney man is claiming that his mother’s mesothelioma – and consequently, her death – was caused by an asbestos driveway which was installed at their home in the 1950s. John Boyle, whose father worked at the James Hardie factory, says that his mother would also have been exposed to asbestos simply because her husband would have brought the microscopic fibers home on his clothing.
Mesothelioma, the aggressive asbestos cancer which is almost exclusively caused by exposure to asbestos, is a risk for some Australian residents who have carpet in their homes, a physician told an Australian news program.
Derby, U.K.—Prolonged exposure to asbestos was the cause of the mesothelioma that took the life of a man in Allenton, a suburb outside of Derby, England.
Springfield, IL—A former postal worker and part-time handyman who was exposed to asbestos while on the job, and who contracted mesothelioma as a result, was awarded $2 million by a Sangamon County jury last week.
Researchers are currently recruiting participants for a Phase III clinical trial aimed at comparing the efficacy of using video-assisted thoracoscopic (VAT) cytoreductive pleurectomy to talc pleurodesis in patients with proven or suspected malignant mesothelioma.
Researchers in England have developed a new test to diagnose mesothelioma and other pleural diseases. Scientists at the Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine and Oxford University will publish their study in the September issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
Eveleth, MN—The Iron Range region of Minnesota, which has a total population of just over 320,000, has recently seen a spike in the number of mesothelioma cases reported. In order to find out why the disease has become so prevalent in the area, the state is funding a $4.9 million study, which will be conducted by the University of Minnesota.
Riverside, CA—James Rhio O’Connor was diagnosed with the rare but deadly cancer mesothelioma in 2001, at which point he was told by his doctors that he had less than a year to live. After embarking on a holistic approach to maintaining his health, however, O’Connor managed to prove those doctors wrong by surviving for an astonishing seven years before finally succumbing to the disease in July 2009.
Pasadena, TX—A former pipefitter, lawyer, police commissioner and Civil Service Commission member has died from the asbestos cancer mesothelioma.
A San Francisco jury recently awarded a $3.4 million verdict the family of a man who was diagnosed with mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos while working at a Johns-Manville plant.
Two Conservative members of the Canadian Parliament have stepped away from the party line when it comes to the export of asbestos, a fibrous material that is used for insulation but which can also cause the cancer mesothelioma.
UK—Bookmakers are set to pay Jon Matthews £5,000 because he beat the odds of surviving.
Bloomington, IL—A McLean County jury has awarded more than $2 million in a mesothelioma lawsuit. The family of Juanita Rodarmel, who died of the asbestos cancer, received the verdict after three days of jury deliberation.
MANCHESTER, U.K.—A mesothelioma settlement won four years ago by a woman from Ashton under Lyne has finally been paid out.
A recent publication in the Journal of Clinical Oncology has demonstrated that a three-pronged approach to the treatment of the rare but aggressive cancer mesothelioma – called trimodality therapy – may improve the survival times of patients.
Newport News, VA—The family of a high-ranking Navy veteran who contracted mesothelioma while working on Navy ships has been awarded over $1 million dollars in damages.
A shipyard machinist who was recently diagnosed with the rare, asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma has brought suit against his former employer.
A man whose wife died of the rare but aggressive asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma wants to warn others about the dangers of secondhand exposure to the toxin. Trevor Ryder, 65, worked at Norton Abrasives, a Welwyn Garden City, England manufacturing plant from 1963 through 1985. The company made and supplied abrasives for technical manufacturing and commercial applications, household and automotive refinishing solutions. Asbestos was heavily used in the production of these abrasives, and Ryder was unwittingly exposed to it while on the job.
Kansas City, MO—A Clay County jury has awarded $4.5 million to the family of a man who contracted mesothelioma while on the job.
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