In line with this reasoning, it pays to be able to recognize the earliest symptoms of a specific type of cancer called pleural mesothelioma. But what exactly is pleural mesothelioma, how do you ...

Fig 1. Selected recommendations regarding surgery, pathology, and germline testing for pleural mesothelioma. C, conditional; H, high; IHC, immunohistochemistry; M ...

Purpose The etiology, diagnosis, staging, and management of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) are reviewed, with an emphasis on clinical trials of newer approaches to first-line, second-line ...

IN 1960 Wagner, Sleggs and Marchand 1 reported 33 cases of diffuse pleural mesothelioma from the North Western Cape Province of South Africa. The collection of such a large number of cases of a ...

It mainly affects the lining of the lungs (pleural mesothelioma), although it can also affect the lining of the tummy (peritoneal mesothelioma), heart or testicles. Around 2,700 people are ...

Mesothelioma symptoms like a cough and shortness of breath can resemble bronchitis, but these diseases have different causes ...

Hedy Lee Kindler, MD, shares new mesothelioma guidelines that have been released by the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

After being used since the 1940s in various industries, asbestos is now linked to severe health risks, including asbestosis, ...

The anti-PD1 therapy is approved for more than 41 indications in the U.S., and the latest approval marks its first indication in malignant pleural mesothelioma.

While cancer research has experienced significant developments in the past two decades, resulting in considerable improvements in survival rates, for some cancers, progress is painfully slow.  Most of ...

Montana has a rich history of asbestos mining and use. In this state, the Environmental Protection Agency declared for the ...