EXCLUSIVE: Campaign wins drug victory
Buxton Advertiser, UK - Nov 2, 2006 Mrs Hallam, 70, of Jodrell Road, Whaley Bridge, suffers from mesothelioma, a rare form of lung cancer caused by exposure to asbestos.
Further Analysis of Phase III Data Using CALGB and EORTC Paradigms
PharmaLive.com (press release), PA - Oct 24, 2006 previously reported Phase IIIa clinical trial of ONCONASE(R) (ranpirnase) versus doxorubicin for the treatment of unresectable malignant mesothelioma (UMM).
Railway worker died from asbestos exposure
Lancashire Evening Post, UK - Nov 16, 2006 days later. A post mortem found he died of pneumonia due to mesothelioma, a form of lung cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. But
Asbestos defendant wants out of Madison County venue
Madison County Record, IL - Nov 1, 2006 Hardester filed suit on May 4 against 98 defendants alleging he was diagnosed with mesothelioma on April 7. The suit claims he worked from 1963-2006 as a welder
‘WORK CLOTHES KILLED MY MUM’
Sunderland Echo, UK - Oct 28, 2006 Alice Watt died aged 77 from an asbestos-related malignant mesothelioma cancer of the tissues surrounding her abdomen or lungs.
Woman compensated after contracting asbestos disease from
Thames Laboratories, UK - Nov 24, 2006 Michelle Campbell, 45, believes she contracted the fatal cancer mesothelioma after breathing in asbestos fibre from her grandfather s work clothes.
Nation’s First Industrial Talc/Asbestos Verdict
Yahoo! News (press release) - Nov 16, 2006 used in ceramic, paint, and paper manufacturing contains lethal, cancer-causing asbestos fibers responsible for a pottery artisan’s fatal mesothelioma, a jury