The Mesothelioma Guide Blog

There’s a new development in the asbestos crisis in Philadelphia – the school district is challenging a new school inspection law by suing the city. The school board says the...

W.R. Grace, owner of an old asbestos mine in Libby, Montana, has proposed $18.5 million to settle the state of Montana’s environmental damages claims.  Montana has claimed...

Note: This blog was originally published on April 23, 2019 and was updated on January 19, 2023 with more information about alternative mesothelioma treatment options, including...

People with mesothelioma cancer have just a few universally approved treatment options. Not long ago, they had even fewer. For years, extrapleural pneumonectomy was the lone...

Two well-known companies, Volkswagen and Avon, were hit with asbestos cancer verdicts in December. Volkswagen, the top automobile manufacturer, was ordered to pay $5.75 million...

Give another win to immunotherapy for mesothelioma. Ever since 2020, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved an immunotherapy combination for malignant pleural...

Update: This post was originally published July 8, 2022 but was updated January 6, 2023 with more information. One of the most common topics related to mesothelioma cancer or lung...

Where traditional radiation fails in treating rare and deadly cancers like mesothelioma, proton radiation succeeds. Proton radiation therapy is one of the fastest-growing types of...

The latest development in the decades-long Johnson & Johnson asbestos scandal is news that the pharmaceutical giant funded an experiment injecting black male prisoners with...

Mesothelioma is a rare and aggressive cancer that starts near the lungs or in the lining of the abdominal cavity. The average life expectancy for most patients is 1-2 years, and...