Mesothelioma Science News
San Pedro, CA - September 27, 2007
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Pleural biopsy using thoracoscopy is less efficient
at determining whether the mesothelioma subtype is
epithelial or biphasic.
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Coast Guard shipyard workers show higher rates
of cancer, mesothelioma.
Link here.
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A growth factor secreted by stem cells
increases the viability of malignant mesothelioma
cells, and research on a particular feedback pathway
may help explain how this growth factor affects
mesothelioma and other tumors.
Link here.
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Mesothelioma deaths in Spain will increase at
least until 2016, and data do not allow a prediction
of the year mortality will start decreasing.
Link here.
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