Mesothelioma - School Shut Amid Fears Of Asbestos

School Shut Amid Fears Of Asbestos
Officials conducted air-quality tests at a borough elementary school Friday evening, hours after smoke in its basement forced an evacuation and prompted an asbestos scare. Results of the tests at Merritt Memorial School were not available Friday night, but borough officials said the tests were merely precautionary. The officials said they expected classes to resume on Monday........

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New Poll Shows Women Unaware Of The Rise And Dangers Of Lung Cancer
/PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- A new national poll shows that American women show little concern about developing lung cancer, despite the fact that it is the number one cancer killer of women. Lung cancer will kill more than 70,000 women this year -- more than breast cancer (approximately 41,000) and ovarian cancer (approximately 15,000) combined. Lung cancer death rates for U.S. women are among the highest in the world. The poll was commissioned by Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI) (Nasdaq: CTIC; MTAX). During the past 20 years, lung cancer deaths among women increased nearly 200 percent, while the number for men decreased about 5 percent. Yet women are even less worried than men about developing lung cancer. According to t...

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What are the risk factors for mesothelioma?
Working with asbestos is the major risk factor for mesothelioma. A history of asbestos exposure at work is reported in about 70 percent to 80 percent of all cases. However, mesothelioma has been reported in some individuals without any known exposure to asbestos. History of exposure to various other chemicals have been found in some of these patients, but majority of these patients have no understandable risk factors for mesothelioma........

Xillix Technologies Corp.: U.S. Senate Support For Lung Cancer Initiatives Positive For Onco-life'tm'
(CCNMatthews via COMTEX) -- Xillix Technologies Corp. (TSX:XLX), the world leader in fluorescence endoscopy for the early detection of cancer, highlighted recent developments in the U.S. Senate supporting lung cancer initiatives that is expected to positively impact the Company's latest product Onco-LIFE(TM). Onco-LIFE was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last June, for the improved detection and localization of lung cancer following an international clinical trial that demonstrated a 325% per-lesion improvement and a 250% per-patient improvement in the detection of pre-cancerous lesions and early-stage lung cancer (moderate-severe dysplasia to carcinoma in situ) compared to conventional white-lig...