Media Advisory: May 19 Briefing on Asbestos Legislature - Forbes
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., May 15 /PRNewswire/ — Congresswoman Lois Capps (D-CA) and the staff of the House Energy and Commerce Committee organized a briefing for key staff members of the House, on the critical need for legislation to ban asbestos. WHEN

NYU Langone Medical Center's tip sheet to the 44th annual meeting of - EurekAlert
The following news tips are based on abstracts or poster presentations at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) to be held in Chicago, Illinois, May 30 June 3, 2008. Study Tracks a Biomarker for Early Detection of

Asbestos killed the ex-mayor - This is Hampshire
HAPPIER TIMES: Wilfred Glenn pictured with his wife Violet celebrating their diamond wedding on Aurora. THE DAUGHTER of a Second World War veteran who died after being exposed to asbestos for more than 40 years is suing an electronics giant for an

Chemo for Mesothelioma Offers Limited Survival Benefits - Forbes
THURSDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) — Adding chemotherapy to other treatments being giving to patients with mesothelioma, a lung cancer usually linked to asbestos exposure, does not appear to improve either survival or quality of life. Malignant

Rosetta Genomics to Present Multiple Posters at the 44th Annual - MSN MoneyCentral
MicroRNAs as Potential Biomarkers — for Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Identification of Tumor Origin in Patients With Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP) MicroRNAs Objectively Identify Cancer Types With High Sensitivity and Specificity and Could

Cancer Research Group Releases Data - BusinessWeek
Studies of drugs that may stop the spread of many cancers vaccines for brain tumors, treatments that prevent bone metastases, vitamins that may improve the chances of breast cancer patients will be examined by some 30,000 oncologists and