by Jadmin Mostel, Patient Support and Research Assistant, Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation This past March, I attended the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) annual conference,…
Hello to all my supporters and prayer warriors! This is Tara and I want to give you a quick update. As Rich wrote the last update six weeks ago, I had just started the tazemetostat clinical trial. Since then I have had 4 more trips to NYC with the most…
With the passage of the Omnibus budget bill last week, mesothelioma research will now be eligible for $60 million, an increase of $10 million over…
We recently spoke with mesothelioma nurse Colleen Norton, BSN, RN, of the University of Maryland to ask her some questions about her role in the…
We recently spoke with Melissa Culligan, RN, MS, a mesothelioma nurse at the University of Maryland and a member of the Meso Foundation’s Board of…
After Tara’s surgery and during radiation, it was a relief not to worry about meal planning and preparation a few nights a week. And since we don’t eat a whole lot, the leftovers fed us a few more nights each week. It really has been terrific, and enabled me to…
It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our dear friend, Heather Nash. Heather’s husband Rod has requested that we make…
We recently spoke with mesothelioma nurse Buerkley Rose, RN, of the University of Chicago to ask her some questions about her role in the field…
Diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2002, Bonnie Anderson is a 15-year warrior. Throughout this time, she and her husband, John, have been ardent supporters of the…
Earlier this week, Tara and I met with her doctors at Winship Cancer Institute to review the results of her latest PET scan. The headline is that we received a mixed bag of results. The radiation did eliminate some areas of the remaining cancer, but did not impact others.