The rate of mesothelioma incidents has steadily escalated over the last several decades, but according to a new research, cases of mesothelioma in the United States seems to be dropping. The research was conducted by a team at Health Sciences Practice in New York. The study was brought out through the analysis of mesothelioma cancer rates in certain age groups of individuals.
The data showed that while mesothelioma cases are still higher than normal in the expected age groups, the overall incidence rate of mesothelioma is really declining. The study also found out that cases were higher than normal rate in certain locations, including on the West Coast where major shipyards are positioned.
The mesothelioma incidence rate is falling for the older age groups, which included people who were most likely to have experienced asbestos exposure in the past. However, the rate stays higher for males aged 60 and above.
Source: New Mesothelioma Incidence Rate Study Shows Decline in Cases
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Two substantial proteins that make up tumors are part of a method that could tell in advance if a particular chemotherapy will carry out its purpose well. A protein that causes tumors to endure is then modified to work with chemotherapy and aid to reduce their resiliency. University of Rochester Medical Center researchers are keen on developing ways to distinctively assign treatments to tumors. Results would bring efficient and more tolerable medical treatments with less harmful or unpleasant effects for the patients.
Source: Quick Formula Could Forecast Which Cancers Chemo Could Kill
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Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics will be giving approximately $6 million for research on Mesothelioma as well as heart disease, infection prevention and epilepsy. The University of Minnesota, Mayo Clinic and the state of Minnesota have come together for this worthy undertaking. These groups are committed to discover cutting-edge concepts that can create a positive contribution to an extent of health issues.
Taconite mine workers in Minnesota’s Iron Range have greatly experienced health problems and studies have resulted to indicate a much higher rate of Mesothelioma cases there than in any other part of the state.
The financial support will run for two years and hopefully more federal or private entities will be encouraged to do the same.
Source: Partnership Gives Portion of $6 Million to Meso Research
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Mesothelioma sufferers from Australia will be able to have the drug Alimta at a low cost after it legally becomes a medicine financed by the country’s government. It will be available under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (BPS) list by the 1st day of the New Year. It was known to be the sole medicine prescribed for this type of cancer attacking the lungs or stomach linings.
Bernie Bantom was the drug’s advocate whose life was taken away by Mesothelioma last November at the age of 61. His tireless efforts will never go unnoticed and people will definitely appreciate the importance of his campaign for the drug.
There are around 600 Australians every year who are believed to have Mesothelioma. Medical studies show that come year 2020 there will be a close to 18,000 people affected by the disease and usually takes the lives of its people affected by it in a year after a person is concluded to have it.
The drug Alimta will actually be of great help to those with Mesothelioma as it will aid them in battling with the disease and increase their chances of living longer, at the same time having the drug on the BPS list will make it even more suitable for the budget of the common public affected by this aggressive cancer.
Source: New Year Brings Drug to Australian Meso Sufferers
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A brand new research center in Australia is on its way to hopefully discover even greater treatments for Mesothelioma. The center will be built in memory of Bernie Banton, a typical working man who paved the way for asbestos victims difficulties to be heard and known throughout Australia. Mr Banton was himself a victim of the hazardous mineral, being exposed to it 30 years ago while working at James Hardie Industries and passing away just a few days after his grandson turned the first sod at what will turn out to be one of the world’s premier dedicated asbestos research centers.Everyone is hopeful that eventually a treatment or medication will be discovered for this lethal disease.
Source: New Mesothelioma Research Center to Be Built
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CT Scans of people who were exposed to asbestos might aid in discovering Mesothelioma. This process has proved to be more favorable in finding cancer in high-risk smokers than compared with x-rays. The study aims to figure out if CT scans would indeed identify mesothelioma and lung cancer onset in a community exposed to asbestos.
Italian researchers gathered 1,000 people who participated in the study, all of them having encountered asbestos before. The results showed a greater efficiency of CT scans in detecting lung cancer than x-rays. Although no mesothelioma conditions were found in the study the researchers nevertheless confirmed the importance of CT scans when examining a high-risk population for Mesothelioma.
Source: CT Scan May Be Useful for Early Meso Detection
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Ottavio Belvedere and his son Ric Belvedere, owners of Ottavio’s Italian restaurant and Ric’s restaurant in Camarillo, California, will have special menus on Monday, November 5, 2007 and donate half of all receipts received that day to mesothelioma research. This event is in recognition of National Lung Cancer Awareness Month, which is designated as November by the Lung Cancer Alliance. Ottavio was diagnosed with mesothelioma half a year ago and is just one of the approximately 3,000 Americans diagnosed each year.
Source: Eateries to donate to cancer research
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The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (MARF) marks today, September 26, as National Meso Awareness Day. As you may very well know meso is short for mesothelioma, which is a generally lethal form of cancer in which membrane cells lining the chest or abdomen become malignant (cancerous). The resulting tumor thickens and hardens, crushing the lungs and suffocating the patient, invading the chest wall so that even breathing becomes painful, or invading the heart, aorta or other vital organs and causing catastrophic failure. Average prognosis for mesothelioma is only four to fourteen months.
Estimates put out by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), show that 20 million Americans are at risk of developing mesothelioma. Furthermore, the horrific events of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina have exposed countless more, especially the heroic rescue workers and first-responders. During the collapse of the World Trade Center (WTC) towers, at least 400 tons of asbestos were released into the air in lower Manhattan, putting many more at risk.
The MARF is the nonprofit collaboration of patients, families, physicians, advocates, and researchers dedicated to eradicating the vicious and usually incurable effects of mesothelioma. The Foundation supports research to develop more effective treatments for mesothelioma and ultimately a cure. They have given over $4 million in grants to promising studies around the world.
To find out how you can help, check out the source of this article at: http://www.marf.org/
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As you may of learned from the What is mesothelioma? article, mesothelioma kills well over 2,500 Americans each year. But these figures are not unique to the United States in the United Kingdom for instance just under 2,000 cases of mesothelioma are diagnosed each year, tens of thousands of South Africans contract asbestos-related diseases including mesothelioma each year, and in Australia the incidence of mesothelioma is about 600 cases out of a population of only 20 million each year .
More than 40 countries (not including America) have outlawed the commercial use of asbestos — the primary substance found to cause mesothelioma. Due to this fact developing countries in Asia and Latin America have been targeted by asbestos manufacturers, where there is pitifully little control over the consumption and use of asbestos and less is publicized concerning its harmful effects and the cancers that can arise from it such as the various types of mesothelioma.
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The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) originally had said that the drug, Altima, could only be used in new or ongoing clinical trials, but their new guidance to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NHS) on whether or not Altima can be prescribed to mesothelioma sufferers allows for the drug to be used on patients with more advanced stages of the cancer. Altima has been shown to improve the symptoms of mesothelioma and extend life.
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