LCHB Announces Nationwide Class Action Filed Against W. R. Grace Alleging Zonolite Attic Insulation Threatens the Health and Safety of United States Residents
Business Wire - April 14, 2000
Business Editors & Legal Writers
MISSOULA, Mont.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 2000
A nationwide class action lawsuit was filed today in the United States District Court, District of Montana, Missoula Division, against W. R. Grace & Company and others, alleging that Zon... (Read More)
ONCONASE - Induced Apoptosis Does Not Require Functional p53 Protein; Unique Mechanism of Causing Tumor Cell Death
Business Wire - April 10, 2000
Business/Health Editors
BLOOMFIELD, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 2000
Alfacell Corporation (OTCBB: ACEL) announced today that in the April 1st issue of Cancer Research, an article written by an independent group of investigators confirmed the potent anti-cancer ac... (Read More)
Diagnosis of Lung Cancer - )
Chest - April 1, 2000, by Wilbur A. Franklin
The histopathologic appearance of lung carcinoma remains an important guide to prognosis and treatment. The newly revised World Health Organization classification retains the broadest pathologic categories of the older classification but includes several revisions, includ... (Read More)
Brain Ca Drug Slows Progression of Melanoma - temozolomide - Brief Article
Family Pratice News - April 1, 2000, by Heather Lindsay
Temozolomide, an oral treatment indicated for brain cancer, is at least as effective for metastatic melanoma as the standard treatment, intravenous dacarbazine.
In a study by Dr. Mark R. Middleton and his colleagues, temozolomide was associated with slightly longer surv... (Read More)
Inhaled Crocidolite Mutagenicity in Lung DNA
Environmental Health Perspectives - April 1, 2000, by Bertrand Rihn,
Catherine Coulais,
Edmond Kauffer,
Marie-Claire Bottin,
Patrick Martin,
Francois Vigneron Yvon, Jean Claude,
Stephane Binet,
Nathalie Monhoven,
Guy Steiblen,
Gerard Keith
We used transgenic mice carrying the lacI reporter gene to study the mutagenesis potential of asbestos crocidolite. The animals were exposed by nose-only inhalation to an aerosol containing 5.75 mg/[m.sup.3] crocidolite dust for 6 hr/day and 5 consecutive days. After 1, 4... (Read More)
Obituaries - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
British Medical Journal - April 1, 2000
Muriel Lina ("Molly") Newhouse
Occupational physician and epidemiologist who won international recognition for her work in identifying the health dangers of asbestos (b South Africa 1912; q Royal Free Hospital 1936; FRCP, FFOM), died from cardiac failure on 15 February ... (Read More)
California jury returns $20 million punitive verdict against big tobacco, brings total to $21.7 million
Business Wire - March 27, 2000
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Sending a message to Big Tobacco,... (Read More)
EPA Issues Order to Schuyler Heights Fire Department; Reminds Others to Comply With Clean Air Rules
Business Wire - March 21, 2000
Business Editors/Government/Environment Writers
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2000
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found the Schuyler Heights Fire Department in violation of asbestos regulations in the Clean Air Act and ordered the fire depar... (Read More)
A Large Thoracic Mass in a 57-Year-Old Patient - )
Chest - March 1, 2000, by Rulon H. Sandvliet,
Mick Heysteeg,
Marinus A. Paul
(CHEST 2000; 117:897-900)
A 57-year-old woman presented to her general practitioner with progressive shortness of breath that had existed for 1.5 years. The symptoms became obvious while moving to a new home. Because breath sounds of the left lung were found to be almos... (Read More)
Cutaneous metastatic lung cancer: Literature review and report of a tumor on the nose from a large cell undifferentiated carcinoma - Brief Article - Statistical
Ear, Nose & Throat Journal - February 1, 2000, by Ran Y. Rubinstein,
Soly Baredes,
Joseph Caputo,
Lisa Galati,
Robert A. Schwartz
Abstract
Cutaneous metastatic disease is a prognostically important diagnosis. We report the case of a 64-year-old man who had an uncommon histologic type of lung cancer--a large cell undifferentiated carcinoma, which was metastatic to the skin of the nose. The relative... (Read More)
Confident Diagnosis of Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Pleura Using Cutting-Needle Biopsy
Chest - February 1, 2000, by Philippe Collard,
Birgit Weynand
To the Editor:
In a recent issue (June 1999), Urschel et al[1] presented a case of solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura. They stated that "ultimately, thoracotomy and tumor resection are usually required for diagnosis." Until recently, such a statement was common and un... (Read More)
Predicting Survival in Patients With Recurrent Symptomatic Malignant Pleural Effusions - )
Chest - January 1, 2000, by Craig M. Burrows,
W. Christopher Mathews,
Henri G. Colt
An Assessment of the Prognostic Values of Physiologic, Morphologic, and Quality of Life Measures of Extent of Disease
Purpose: To determine the prognostic value of pleural fluid pH, pleural fluid glucose, extent of pleural carcinomatosis (EPC) score, and Karnofsky Perfo... (Read More)
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