Must Read Mesothelioma Articles!

BREAKING NEWS!

• As Treatment Costs Rise, and Savings Dwindle, Mesothelioma Patients Rely on Compensation for More Life (1/16/09)
• Answered Prayers: California Pastor Embraces Innovative Treatment with Dr. Chawla and Dr. Cameron to Tame Aggressive Biphasic Mesothelioma. Los Angeles, CA (11/20/08)
• Buyer Beware: What the Asbestos Companies Don’t Tell You Could Hurt You. How Patricia Crawford’s Mesothelioma Was Traced Back to her Use of Joint Compounds 30-40 years ago. Los Angeles, CA (11/20/08)
• Ambushed by Asbestos Industry (11/10/08)
• Mesothelioma Science News for October 31, 2008
• Fred Baron, 1947-2008
• Longer Survival with Pleurectomy/Decortication and Interleukin 2 (10/20/08)
• Mesothelioma Science News for October 15, 2008
• California Cyclist Teams with Dr. Cameron to Push Back Against Mesothelioma. La Crescenta, CA (10/14/08)
• Radical Pleurectomy/Decortication Saves Patients Bypassed by EPP (10/13/08)
• Am I a Candidate for Surgery? (10/13/08)
• Mesothelioma Science News for October 8, 2008
• Surgery and Mesothelioma: Why Operate? (10/8/08)
• Video-assisted Pleurectomy/Decortication to Treat Mesothelioma in Elderly Patients (10/8/08)
• 69-Year Old Brakeman: Never Too Far From the Beach. Parkland, FL (10/2/08)
• 68-Year-old Mississippi Crime Fighter Now Fights Mesothelioma. Hattiesburg, MS (10/2/08)
• Mesothelioma Science News for October 1, 2008
• Mesothelioma Science News for September 23, 2008
• Jury Awards $7.1 Million to California Telco Foreman/Supervisor (9/4/09)
• Global Mesothelioma Advocacy. Worthington to Address Surgeons at IMIG in Amsterdam (9/4/08)
• "A Once in a Lifetime Adventure!" by Lois Schwarting (7/8/08)
• Mesothelioma Science News Archive
• Blog Archives for Asbestos Update!

FUNDING MESOTHELIOMA RESEARCH

Roger Worthington is Dedicated to Funding Research.

As of January, 2008 he has contributed:

• $2,777,700 to Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation
• $1,020,000 to Pacific Heart Lung & Blood Institute
• $6,100 to Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization

Mesothelioma Foundation Awards New $1 Million for Research to Cure Asbestos Cancer (3/15/07)

Barbara McQueen to co-headline asbestos cancer benefit on Feb. 10, 2007

A Candid Interview with Barbara McQueen 26 Years After Mesothelioma Claimed the Life of Husband and Hollywood Icon, Steve McQueen. - by Roger G. Worthington (10/31/06)

Write Your Senators and Congressional Representative RE: Federal Funding for Mesothelioma Research - MARF (1/23/07)

Worthington Donates $500,000 to Punch Worthington Lab to Combat Asbestos Cancer (10/3/06)

Worthington Proud to Co-sponsor 3rd Annual MARF Mesothelioma Medical Symposium (10/16/06)

Worthington Honors Memory of Steve McQueen, Donates Movie Money to Research (1/16/06)

Event Helps Advance Cancer Research. (9/8/05)

MARF to Bankruptcy Trust Creditors: Debtors Must Fund Research to Ease Suffering and Prevent Future Cancer Claims. 9/16/04

MARF asks National Gypsum Asbestos Trust to Fund mesothelioma Medical Research: Ounce of Prevention Worth Pound of Cure. (9/9/04)

Funding the Cure for Mesothelioma. Major Donation Raises Hope, Issues Challenge (1/14/04)

Worthington, P.C. Donates $200,000 to Mesothelioma Research in 2003 (1/12/04)

A Salute to Bruce Vento and Call to Arms: Mesothelioma Will Not Be Overcome by Will, Passion and Spirit Alone - by Roger G. Worthington (6/30/00)

ADVOCACY FOR MESOTHELIOMA PATIENTS

"Whatever It Takes: A Tribute to MARF's True Believers." Speech by Roger Worthington, Founding Director of MARF, Las Vegas, NV, October 8, 2005. - by Roger G. Worthington (10/11/05)

Federal Mesothelioma Research Funding Petition Statement (2/4/05)

Doctors/Scientists Propose Solution to Asbestos Public Health Crisis (1/24/05) Campaign to Create mesothelioma Treatment Program through the DOD and DVA More...

MARF Advocates Creation of CDMRP for Mesothelioma. - by Roger G. Worthington (12/13/04)

Curing Mesothelioma: Who Will Take the Initiative? As presented by Roger G. Worthington at the First International Mesothelioma Symposium - by Roger G. Worthington (10/14/04)

A Modest Proposal: Asbestos Bankruptcy Lawyers Must Invest Trust Money in A Cure. - by Roger G. Worthington (8/27/04)

UCLA Proposes Comprehensive Mesothelioma Translational Research Program. - by Roger G. Worthington (5/10/04)

U.S. Rep. Bruce Vento (D-Minn) Endorses MARF (5/10/00)

LEGISLATION

The Latest News on Asbestos Legislation. More...

Battle Stations! Asbestos Advocacy Alert! No to Corporate Bail Outs. No to SB 852 - by Roger G. Worthington (4/18/05) More...

Asbestos Bail Out Bill is Back (and ugly as ever) - by Roger G. Worthington (4/11/05) More...

Ban Asbestos, Fund Research More...