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Scroll to find news of interest to you, or search by category. The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation covers mesothelioma news for patients and their families. Our write-ups are heavily reliant on peer-reviewed medical research studies with input from mesothelioma experts from around the world but are also accessible to non-medical readers.
Valerie W. Rusch, MD, FACS, a respected thoracic surgeon at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), was recently elected by her peers to the prestigious
The National Cancer Institute recently announced that it will be funding a five-year, $10.7 million grant for research into how chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cells
Shelby Dooley decided to forgo presents for her 8th birthday this fall. Inspired by a classmate who supports a cause for his birthday, she instead
Earlier this week, we gathered with over 800 rare disease advocates at the 2018 Rare Diseases & Orphan Products Breakthrough Summit hosted in Washington, D.C.
For the first time in mesothelioma, a group of researchers sequenced the genome of 74 malignant pleural mesothelioma tumors. According to the authors, the study
Last Friday, October 5, we made our second and final stop on the 2018 International Symposium on Malignant Mesothelioma tour in New York City! Executive
UPDATE: As of May 2019, the device Optune Lua, formerly known as NovoTTF-100L, was approved by the FDA under the Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) in
Today was a big day for immunotherapy news. Two studies we have been following closely have released their final data analyses, plus we learned that
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