The Decision Manual is a worksheet we offer you, to help you gain control and take a more active role in the decisionmaking process. It requires you to begin asking questions–hard questions–that ask what you are looking for in a hospital and a physician, the goals and expectations you bring to the treatment process and [...]

Asbestos in Wittenoom
The asbestos mining operations in the Wittenoom area and the resulting remnants of asbestos have already resulted in several hundred fatalities among miners, residents and visitors to the town.
Mesothelioma
Mesothelioma is a cancer of the outer lining of the lungs, abdomen or heart. In time, cancer cells may multiply, forming a tumour that can [...]

The most common forms of asbestos disease are pleural plaques, asbestosis, lung cancer, and mesothelioma. Asbestosis is a chronic, prolonged lung disease that is caused by continuous inhalation of asbestos particles. However, asbestosis is not cancerous. The second form, mesothelioma is a cancer that attacks mesothelium and is most commonly found in the lung. Mesothelioma [...]

INDICATIONS AND USAGE
ALIMTA® is a folate analog metabolic inhibitor indicated for:
Locally Advanced or Metastatic Nonsquamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer:
Initial treatment in combination with cisplatin. (1.1)
Maintenance treatment of patients whose disease has not progressed after four cycles of platinum-based first-line chemotherapy. (1.2)
After prior chemotherapy as a single-agent. (1.3)
Mesothelioma: in combination with cisplatin. (1.4)
Limitations of Use:
ALIMTA is [...]

Mesothelioma is a type of cancer. It is a cancer of mesothelial cells. These cells cover the outer surface of most of our internal body organs, forming a lining that is sometimes called the mesothelium. So this is where this type of cancer gets its name. Mesothelioma can develop in the tissues covering the lungs [...]

Microarray technology is a powerful tool for investigating cellular responses to drugs because it monitors thousands of genes simultaneously. The present study is the first to use microarray-derived transcriptional profiling to identify ORGs common to multiple human MM cell lines. Many ORGs are associated with cellular signal transduction, proliferation and differentiation. Transcription and DNA processes [...]

What are the symptoms of asbestos-related disease?
If you have been exposed to asbestos you should tell your doctor. They will examine you and may refer you for tests, for example, a chest x-ray or lung function test. If you smoke, you should stop, since smoking can greatly increase your chance of asbestos-related lung cancer. You [...]

Malignant mesothelioma continues to be a difficult disease to treat. Maintaining a high index of suspicion may result in an earlier diagnosis and a more successful treatment outcome. The overall outlook for the treatment of this disease has improved with the emergence of newer therapies. Several new agents are currently under active investigation and hold [...]

Lung cancer symptoms are rarely felt until the disease has developed into an advanced stage. Even when symptoms are felt, people often tolerate them for some time before they seek medical assistance. For instance, it’s easy to shrug off shortness of breath as being out of shape, or a chronic cough as a bad cold [...]

Mesothelioma is a form of cancer that is usually caused by exposure to asbestos. In this disease, malignant cells develop in the protective lining that covers most of the body’s internal organs. Its most common site is the outer lining of the lungs and internal chest wall.
Most people who develop mesothelioma had jobs where they [...]

DIAGNOSING AND STAGING
The following tests and procedures will be used to diagnose Hodgkin’s lymphoma and determine the stage of the disease. Staging is the process of finding out if the cancer has spread to other parts of the body. It helps to determine the correct treatment.
Physical exam of entire body, including health habits and past [...]

Failure of apoptosis is one of the hallmarks of cancer. As an execution-phase caspase, caspase-3 plays a crucial role during apoptosis. To explore the possibility that the genetic alterations of CASP3, which encodes caspase-3, might be involved in the development of human tumors, we analyzed the entire coding region and all splice sites of human [...]