Simple Blood Test will help doctors monitor patients with biphasic and epithelioid mesothelioma The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on January 25, 2007 approved the MESOMARK(R) Assay, the world’s first in-vitro test for mesothelioma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer caused by asbestos exposure.  MESOMARK will allow doctors to monitor patients with epithelioid and […]

Health and Safety statistics from the HSC Great Britain’s Health and Safety Commission/Executive (HSC/E) has published the latest statistics on work-related ill health, workplace injury and enforcement in Great Britain.  Estimates that are currently being updated of occupational cancer range from 3,000 to 12,000 per year.  Deaths from mesothelioma have increased from 153 in 1968 […]