"Mesothelioma treatment" - Mesothelin

Mesothelin
Title: Mesothelin
Category: Medical Dictionary
Created: 11/19/2003
Last Editorial Review: 11/19/2003

French Court Allows Asbestos Warship Transfer
The asbestos warship will soon start to its destination in India. A judge at the Paris administrative court ruled that the four groups had raised "no serious doubts" about the legality of the aircraft-carrier Clemenceau's transfer for decontamination in a shipyard in India.......

Review Focuses on Trials Targeting Lung Cancer with Vaccine Immunotherapy
Researchers review clinical trials targeting lung cancer with vaccine immunotherapy in a recent issue of Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy. According to the review from the United States, "Successful active immunotherapy is expected to be specific and nontoxic. Until now, the success of immunotherapy in cancer has been sporadic and unpredictable. This has been attributable in part to the lack of a full understanding of the mechanistic underpinnings of immune regulation." "Furthermore, the lack of systematic success of immunotherapy, as argued in this review, stems from failing to effectively target tumors such as non-small cell lung cancer," said Luis E. Raez and collaborators at the University of Miami and Tulane University. The...

Doctor: Checklist to Take To Your Doctor's Appointment
Title: Doctor: Checklist to Take To Your Doctor's Appointment
Category: Health Facts
Created: 7/13/2005
Last Editorial Review: 7/14/2005

Asbestos Victims Groups Unite to Oppose Legislation; Multiple Groups Voice Opposition to S.852 in Open Letter to Congress
Today, leaders of the nation’s top asbestos victims’ organizations reiterated a number of their deepest concerns with the asbestos trust fund bill in an open letter to Congress. U.S. Majority Leader Frist plans to bring up the legislation on February 6, before the many priority issues addressed by the President in his State of the [...]