Posts in 2012

Nov 21 Blood Counts and Cancer Treatment

Chemotherapy and radiation are designed to kill cancerous cells. Unfortunately, healthy cells can also be damaged during ...

Nov 21 New Blood Test May Lead To Earlier Mesothelioma Diagnosis

Mesothelioma has a very long latency period : it could take many decades for the disease to reach a stage where diagnosis is ...

Nov 13 New Study Could Lead to Earlier Mesothelioma Diagnosis

Up to 3,000 Americans are diagnosed with mesothelioma, a disease that can take decades to appear, every year. Mesothelioma ...

Nov 09 Closer to an Understanding of Mesothelioma Metastasis

Researchers at MIT (the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) are coming closer to tracing the cause of mesothelioma metastasis ...

Sep 11 September 26 is National Mesothelioma Awareness Day

The United States Congress has set September 26 aside as a day to raise public awareness about mesothelioma and to encourage ...

Aug 01 Skin Tumors May Signal Mesothelioma: Study

In a study conducted at the University of Hawaii, researchers identified specific skin spots that may indicate a person’s ...