$3.8 million settlement for a Navy veteran diagnosed with mesothelioma. Our client did industrial work in the 1950s, when asbestos was at its peak.
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$3.8 million settlement for a Navy veteran diagnosed with mesothelioma. Our client did industrial work in the 1950s, when asbestos was at its peak.
Mesothelioma attorneys at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm highlight a recent breakthrough by researchers at several prominent cancer institutes, promising a new drug delivery system that will allow lung cancer patients to inhale chemotherapeutic drugs. The developments were made by researchers at Oregon State University, Rutgers University, and the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, and recently ...
Mesothelioma lawyers at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm highlight a new peer-reviewed study recently published in PLOS ONE. Researchers aimed to find a new and efficient noninvasive surveillance tool to help catch mesothelioma in its earliest stages. Researchers conducted the case-controlled studies in numerous health care centers, collecting serum from 117 patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma ...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently published a fact sheet on its website, which it also quickly removed, outlining the contamination of the polio vaccine with a known cancer virus, SV40. SV40 (Simian virus 40) is a polyomavirus found in some species of monkey, and was discovered in 1960. Soon after ...
Our team of mesothelioma and lung cancer lawyers knows how hard it can be to cope with and discuss a cancer diagnosis, particularly when it concerns such a devastating form. Patients with life-threatening illnesses need to speak openly with their doctors and loved ones about their priorities, treatment goals, fears and ultimate wishes. A new book, Being Mortal, aims ...
The life expectancy of a person with mesothelioma depends on what stage the disease has progressed to when they receive the diagnosis, but across all stages, Lung Cancer International research showed a life expectancy range of one to 15 years. Another study documented in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) indicates that the life expectancy ...
According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 3,000 people in the United States receive a mesothelioma diagnosis each year. Of the numerous types of cancer, mesothelioma is rare but also aggressive and deadly. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirms that the annual number of malignant mesothelioma deaths is increasing. Mesothelioma can ...
Several tests show mesothelioma, including computed tomography (CT) scans, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, ultrasound, and X-rays. The American Cancer Society also explains how blood tests can detect biomarkers that indicate you might have mesothelioma, and that a biopsy confirms the diagnosis. Your doctor will decide what diagnostic tests to run to determine if you ...
Research from UT Southwestern Medical Center indicates that peritoneal mesothelioma can spread to other organs, such as the lungs, in the last and most serious stage of this cancer, stage 4A or stage 4B. Understanding Peritoneal Mesothelioma According to the National Cancer Institute, the peritoneum is the layer of tissue that lines the entire abdominal ...
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