Scientists have developed a drug to treat mesothelioma, a notoriously hard-to-treat cancer linked to asbestos, in the biggest breakthrough in two decades. Thousands of people are diagnosed with the ...

A trial using proton beams to try to treat a cancer caused mainly by exposure to asbestos has been described as offering "realistic hope" to patients. There is no cure for mesothelioma, but Dr Crispin ...

Mick worked in a factory boiler room in the 1970s, where he was exposed to asbestos. He didn't think much of it until 2018, when he began to feel ill and dropped more than 40 pounds. The diagnosis: ...

A new drug for a type of deadly cancer caused by exposure to asbestos has been hailed as a breakthrough, after impressive results in a phase 3 clinical trial. Mesothelioma is almost always caused by ...

An innovative treatment significantly increases the survival of people with malignant mesothelioma, a rare but rapidly fatal type of cancer with few effective treatment options. An innovative ...

Merck & Co. Inc. said Wednesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its blockbuster cancer drug Keytruda as a treatment for malignant plural mesothelioma, a rare cancer associated with ...

Asbestos, which was once common in home insulation and other products, is banned in more than 50 countries, and its use in the U.S. has been declining for decades. The only form of asbestos known to ...

Asbestos is still claiming the lives of many of our veterans nationwide. In the early 1920s, the U.S. Navy identified asbestos mineral fibers as a cost-effective substance for shipbuilding, among ...

Despite touting ambitious goals of making America healthier, the Trump administration on Monday revealed in court documents that it is backpedaling on a ban on cancer-causing asbestos. Last year, ...