A new addition to the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology , the NCCN Guidelines for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma , was presented at the NCCN 15th Annual Conference.

" March 11, 2010, pro football Hall of Famer and TV actor, has died in Los Angeles.

In this 1977 handout photo, Merlin Olsen is shown in character for his part of a farmer-woodsman in "Little House On The Prairie". Pro Football Hall of Famer and former television actor Merlin Olsen died early Thursday, March 11, 2010 in Los Angeles.

SALT LAKE CITY - Merlin Olsen passed away Thursday from mesothelioma, but a doctor has given tips on how to fight the lung disease that took the U.S.U. football star's life.

News JUST broke thatA former TV and NFL star Merlin Olsen died last night at age 69.A He was diagnosed with mesothelioma last year.

Merlin Olsen , the NFL Hall of Famer-turned-small-screen star, has died at his Utah home of cancer.

CancerTYPE ID predicts cancer origin in patients whose primary cancer was initially "unknown or uncertain" using conventional diagnostics.

ESSEX JUNCTION -- A Vermont real estate developer who agreed earlier this year to pay $10,000 in fines for allegedly violating federal law during a demolition project called his settlement with the EPA 'totally wrong and totally unfair.' In August, the federal Environmental Protection Agency accused Gabe Handy's JIDDU/SITTU Trust of Colchester and ...

Virginia Senate Votes Down Asbestos Lawsuit Shield March 9, 2010 /EIN PRESSWIRE/ A proposal that would have shielded a company from asbestos lawsuits in Virginia was easily defeated in a state Senate committee by a vote of 13-2. Bill HB 629, which would have shielded Crown Cork & Seal from asbestos lawsuits, had passed through the House of ...

The British Lung Foundation is working with the June Hancock Mesothelioma Research Fund to support new research which could lead to better treatments for mesothelioma, an incurable asbestos-related cancer that affects the tissues lining the outside of the lung and the chest wall .

Raul Grijalva , Rep. Lois Capps , Rep. Gwen Moore and Rep. Betty Sutton . "We are grateful to the U.S. House of Representatives to have the opportunity to help raise the level of public awareness about the prolific dangers of asbestos and further unite doctors, scientists, and public health advocates during National Asbestos Awareness Week for this ...

A FORMER electrical engineer died after years of working with asbestos, an inquest was told.

A vaccine that uses a patient's own cells may be able to fight a rare cancer and increase length of survival.

Scientists have found that "carbon nanotubes could pose a cancer risk similar to that of asbestos", The Guardian reports.

As a matter of fact, asbestos litigation is the most prevalent tort issue in the United States today.

A cancer sufferer believes she may have caught the disease after handling asbestos-covered clothes.

Variety columnist Army Archerd will be honored posthumously by the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization next month in Chicago.

An investigational vaccine for the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma is safe, according to a new study.

By Angus Howarth A WIDOW has turned down a potential A 1 million compensation payout over her husband's asbestos death because she refuses to fuel Britain's "compensation culture". Gillian Chapman, 73, lost her husband John, 82, to mesothelioma, a form of lung cancer, in June last year.

Researchers have demonstrated the safety of a potential vaccine against mesothelioma, a rare cancer associated primarily with asbestos exposure.