Mesothelioma News and Information Archives: 2002
December 29, 2002Are you in danger?
December 17, 2002
The Private Sector: Pay up, Uncle Sam
December 3, 2002
Asbestos awards come from workers' wages
December 2, 2002
Asbestos in workplace mortifies agency again: NIH environmental branch failed to post warnings for workers
December 1, 2002
Asbestos-lined ducts not as frightful as they sound
November 28, 2002
Cancer education is Fontana boy's legacy
November 11, 2002
Veterans harmed by asbestos look to damaged legal system for help
November 10, 2002
The asbestos crisis: Some victims may miss out in the litigation stampede
November 6, 2002
The Supreme Court considers an asbestos case
November 3, 2002
Flood of asbestos lawsuits from people who aren't sick threatens to dry up funds
October 22, 2002
Alimta Continues To Show Versatility in Treating Different Cancers
September 30, 2002
Microarray Test Improves Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
September 17, 2002
Hospice helps each patient make the most of every day
September 10, 2002
Ashland says liability small: Stock plunges, but company says asbestos claims insured
September 2, 2002
Cheney left Halliburton holding asbestos bag
August 20, 2002
New Drug Nearly Doubles Survival Time For Mesothelioma Patients Pain, Other Symptoms Also Eased For Many
July 30, 2002
Asbestos verdict nets $4.2 million: Award for San Ramon terminal cancer patient is the first involving Bakelite
July 9, 2002
Agent Now Available to Medically Eligible Patients With Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: Lilly Given OK To Make Alimta Available on Expanded Access Basis
July 6, 2002
Residents await word on future of their apartments
June 25, 2002
Libby asbestos risk underscored
June 17, 2002
Vento's widow urges ban on asbestos
May 31, 2002
Libby, MT - 2,700 Residents and One Asbestos Scare
May 30, 2002
Drug Company Agressively Pursues FDA Approval For New Mesothelioma Medicine
May 24, 2002
First Presentation of Clinical Data On Novel Tumor Targeting Agent At Cancer Research Forum
May 22, 2002
Stephen Jay Gould Dies of Cancer at 60: Author and Biologist Pondered Evolution
May 20, 2002
Largest-Yet Mesothelioma Study Shows Survival Benefit With New Drug Alimta™
May 29, 2002
Hundreds of workers cleaned potentially hazardous trade center dust without standard protections
May 16, 2002
Asbestos victims feel betrayed: 'They ought to be ashamed'
April 29, 2002
Company knew of problems with Zonolite insulation
April 15, 2002
Alfacell Announces Growing Incidence of Malignant Mesothelioma and Its Treatment To Be Addressed at International Investigators' Meeting
April 11, 2002
Study Shows SuperGen's Decitabine Corrects DNA Methylation, Key Mechanism of Cancer Growth
April 3, 2002
Alfacell Provides Update on its Phase III Program of ONCONASE® for the Treatment of Patients with Unresectable Malignant Mesothelioma
April 2002
New Anti-Cancer Drug to be Trialed on Humans
March 23, 2002
Soldiers in the war on cancer
March 6, 2002
DuPont ordered to pay survivors of asbestos victims more than $7 million
February 11, 2002
Orphan Drug Designation Granted for Treatment of Mesothelioma and Ovarian Cancer: NeoPharm Receives Orphan Drug Status for Its Novel Anti-Mesothelin Monoclonal Antibody Toxin SS1-PE38
February 23, 2002
Disabled firefighter took the call
February 1, 2002
Asbestos found at Butler Co. offices
January 22, 2002
Results of the Phase II Multicenter Trial of ONCONASE® as a Single Agent: Encouraging Survival in Patients With Advanced Malignant Mesothelioma Treated With Alfacell's ONCONASE®
January 17, 2002
$1.6 million verdict upheld on appeal: The court concluded the man's death was a result of a 40-year exposure to asbestos as a steel worker
2002
Craig Smith salvaged Raytech and left sick workers behind
