FDA Approves First In-Vitro Blood Test for Mesothelioma 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 […]

The San Antonio Express-News reported November 7, 2006 on an investigation regarding suspicions from a reader that her sister-in-law (who passed away three years ago with peritoneal mesothelioma) and husband (who has been diagnosed with peritoneal mesothelioma) were exposed to asbestos brought home on their father’s clothing.  The father was a plumber at Kelly Air […]