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Bronchoaveolar Cell Carcinoma Survivors?
My Mom, a non-smoker was diagnosed with bronchoaveolar cell carcinoma. She is on Tarceva now and is reacting well with this medicine.....just want to know if there's any survivors out there? Some encouraging words would help very much......Thanks....

Chest X-ray
Title: Chest X-ray
Category: Procedures and Tests
Created: 12/31/1997
Last Editorial Review: 12/1/2005

EPA reminds school officials of asbestos hazard responsibilities
Denver, CO The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency s Denver Office has sent Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) compliance assistance letters to local education agencies (LEAs) in Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota and North Dakota as a reminder of school responsibilities concerning asbestos. These letters explain the LEAs responsibilities under the TSCA Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act [...]

New Research Grants Continue Progress Against Dread Cancer
Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation Announces Additional $1 Million of Research Funding The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (”MARF”) announced today awards of almost $1 million in additional research funding aimed at curing mesothelioma (”meso”). An international and cross disciplinary set of nine new projects will go forward thanks to grants from MARF of $100,000 each. Researchers in [...]

Exposure to Some Rock Powder Can Cause Malignant Mesothelioma
Californians who live close to naturally occurring asbestos sources and who are exposed to low levels of the mineral are at increased risk for developing cancerous mesothelioma, a serious cancer of the membrane covering the lung, according to a new study published in the second issue of the October 2005 American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Marc B. Schenker, M.D., M.P.H., of the Division of Environmental and Occupational Health, at the University of California, Davis, along with four associates, investigated 2,908 cancerous mesothelioma cases reported over a 10-year period (1988 to 1997). Over 50 percent of the men and 58 percent of the women, all of whom were listed in the California Canc......

Treatment
in april of 2005 my wife was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer,she had smoked but had quit about two yrs prior,she went thru the chemo an radiation.the tumor shrank some.amonth ago she had more cat an pet scans an the tumor started to grow again,the doctor now has here on terceva,not many options left for this woman who is full of life an wants to live.anybody with some encouraging news i would appreciate it thank you...