What is an Oncologist?
- Categories:
- Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Treatment
- Mesothelioma
An oncologist is a doctor that specializes in oncology, focusing on diagnosing, treating, and managing cancer.
Is There a Chemotherapy Drug Shortage?
- Categories:
- Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Treatment
- Mesothelioma
Chemotherapy drug shortages at U.S. cancer centers result in delayed patient care as doctors are forced to switch medications.
What to Say When Someone Dies
- Categories:
- Lung Cancer
- Mesothelioma
When a person dies from mesothelioma, express your condolences through writing a supportive sympathy card for their loved ones.
CT Imaging For Diagnose Pleural Mesothelioma
- Categories:
- Clinical Trials
- Lung Cancer
- Pleural Mesothelioma
- Mesothelioma
The combination of CT imaging features with a history of asbestos exposure may be key information to diagnose pleural mesothelioma.
Other Causes of Lung Cancer Besides Smoking
- Categories:
- Oncology
- Cancer
- Asbestos
- Lung Cancer
Other causes of lung cancer, besides smoking, continue to put non-smokers at high risk each year. Pollution, radon, and asbestos are dangers.
Asbestos Safety After a House or Building Fire
After a fire, asbestos is a danger to people's safety nearby. Breathing in asbestos increases your risk of certain cancers.
Asbestos, Quebec Chooses a New Name
- Categories:
- Asbestos
- Lung Cancer
- Ban Asbestos
- Mesothelioma
Once proud to hold the name Asbestos, a mining town in Quebec chooses a new alternative after learning the harmful effects of its namesake.
New Mesothelioma Treatment Pemfexy™ Get Final Approval by FDA
- Categories:
- Lung Cancer
- Treatment
- Mesothelioma
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave its final approval for the chemotherapy drug Pemfexy (pemetrexed) after years of legal battles.
5 Important Facts to Mark Lung Cancer Awareness Month
- Categories:
- Lung Cancer
- Pleural Mesothelioma
- Treatment
Each year, members of the medical community, non-profits, and patient organizations join forces to bring lung cancer back into the public eye.
Medicare Covered Immunotherapy for Specific Cancers. Could Mesothelioma be Next?
- Categories:
- Lung Cancer
- Immunotherapy
- Pleural Mesothelioma
In August, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved the use of CAR T-cell therapy in patients with two specific cancers.
