October 2025: 65 Years Since Wagner’s Groundbreaking Paper on Asbestos and Mesothelioma
Why This Anniversary Matters This October marks 65 years since Dr. J.C. Wagner published his landmark 1960 study linking asbestos exposure to mesothelioma, a rare and aggressive cancer affecting the lining of the lungs. For people living with asbestos-related illnesses today, this anniversary is more than a historical milestone—it represents the moment when science first […]
Fighting mesothelioma with infections
Patients battling mesothelioma usually try to avoid infections but researchers in Belgium have found that infection may help in the fight against mesothelioma. Mesothelioma in mice The laboratory research has been conducted by researchers at a university in Belgium using mice with mesothelioma. The mice were injected with lactate dehydrogenase-elevating virus, an infection that affects […]
Treating mesothelioma with photodynamic therapy and immunotherapy
Mesothelioma is a cancer, caused by exposure to asbestos, which currently has no cure. Doctors continue to research new treatments for mesothelioma in the hope of finding a way to finally defeat this insidious disease and researchers in Switzerland may be a step closer. Immunotherapy Over the last few years there have been huge advances […]
Minimally invasive mesothelioma diagnosis
Currently, the most effective way to diagnose mesothelioma is by biopsy. This requires invasive surgery and, if the diagnosis is mesothelioma, there is a risk of the cancer spreading at the biopsy site. There is an alternative way to diagnose pleural mesothelioma by studying fluid taken from the lung. This is called cytology. Often both […]