Kendra Ferreira is a fine artist living in Portsmouth, RI. Though busy, life seemed to be going fairly smoothly for Kendra, her husband Paul and…
On April 26, we had the opportunity to attend Bloomberg Government’s conference on Building the Big Data Economy: Personalized care and cancer treatment in the…
For cancer patients, a diagnosis is generally followed by staging. Among other things, the stage of a cancer tells the patient and physician if the…
On April 12, Friends of Cancer Research held a briefing on Capitol Hill on the topic of Breakthrough Therapy Designation: Successes, Lessons Learned and Future…
The Meso Foundation recently hosted a Meet the Mesothelioma Experts session with Dr. Raphael Bueno, the chief of thoracic surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital…
Joey Manzi, a 6th grade student at Catherine McGee Middle School in Berlin, CT, recently entered an essay contest to have money donated to the…
We share today the news that Diane Blackburn-Zambetti, our director of asbestos and prevention education, has left her position at the Meso Foundation. Although she…
Prevention of mesothelioma can take several different shapes. Avoiding exposures to asbestos is one such method. However, while theoretically valid, in reality this method falls…
Global Asbestos Awareness Week takes place annually from April 1 to April 7. Asbestos is a dangerous fiber, exposure to which causes many illnesses and…
Marlyn Landin lives in Maryland with her husband, who is retired from the Air Force. As a long-time military wife, Marlyn got “used to sitting…