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Health officials in Portsmouth, England have disapproved funding for the chemotherapy drug Alimta to treat mesothelioma, a cancer of the lung lining caused by asbestos exposure.  Portsmouth has the sixth highest mesothelioma death rate among men in Great Britain, particularly among former dockyard workers who were exposed to asbestos on the job.  Portsmouth health officials’

Health officials in Portsmouth, England have disapproved funding for the chemotherapy drug Alimta to treat mesothelioma, a cancer of the lung lining caused by asbestos exposure.  Portsmouth has the sixth highest portsmouthtoday.co.uk.

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