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Marine Corp Marathon Team Raises Funds for Lung Cancer Research

CPSM — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:48:13 +0000

Team Lung Love (TLL), as part of the Lung Cancer Alliance, has sponsored a team to run the upcoming Marine Corps Marathon in Washington DC on October 30, 2011. TLL is a program that raises awareness and support for patients and families touched by lung cancer. Malignant pleural mesothelioma is a rather rare form of lung [...]

Marine Corp Marathon Team Raises Funds for Lung Cancer Research is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

Excela Provides Low Cost Lung Screening for Mesothelioma

CPSM — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:37:29 +0000

Excela Health, located in southwestern Pennsylvania, has three acute care hospitals as well as offers a wide array of services that include prevention, home care, cancer care, hospice, outpatient rehabilitation, and diagnostic testing and imaging. Excela recently partnered with University of Pennsylvania Medical Center (UPMC) to offer outpatient care and diagnostic testing for lung cancer, [...]

Excela Provides Low Cost Lung Screening for Mesothelioma is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

Apartment Arson Reveals Undisclosed Mesothelioma Threat

CPSM — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:21:22 +0000

Arson is an unlikely friend but to 126 residents of an apartment complex in Aurora, Colorado it may have just saved their lives. The fire, which destroyed or damaged much of one building in the complex on September 24, led investigators to discover a previously undocumented asbestos threat. The materials were deemed dangerous enough to [...]

Apartment Arson Reveals Undisclosed Mesothelioma Threat is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

Asbestos and Tobacco Lead to Lethal Combination

CPSM — Sat, 07 May 2011 19:03:19 +0000

Lung cancer affects over 170,000 Americans on a yearly basis, making it the most common cancer and the most deadly with 80% of patients dying within 5 years of diagnosis. The leading cause of lung cancer in the United States remains tobacco usage. Current or past smokers have been estimated to make up as much as [...]

Asbestos and Tobacco Lead to Lethal Combination is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

World Cancer Day Helps in Fight Against Mesothelioma

CPSM — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 01:02:43 +0000

Today is World Cancer Day, sponsored by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and supported by the American Cancer Society. Cancer is the leading cause of death around the world, and lung cancer is the second most common type of cancer in both men and women. Some types of lung cancer could be completely [...]

World Cancer Day Helps in Fight Against Mesothelioma is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

Support for Caregiver of a Mesothelioma Patient

CPSM — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 03:13:20 +0000

Anyone who has ever been close to someone diagnosed with mesothelioma and other incurable advanced stage cancers knows what impact this has on the life of not only the patient but also loved ones. Primary support people are essential and make all the difference to someone going through diagnosis, doctor and hospital visits, treatments, and [...]

Support for Caregiver of a Mesothelioma Patient is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

Diagnosis of Mesothelioma Cancer and Isolation

CPSM — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:44:17 +0000

About ten years ago, I was diagnosed with a rare, genetic disease that even my treating physician wasn’t aware of until my diagnosis. Due to the rarity of the illness, I felt very much alone in trying to find information on ways of managing it as well as getting support. Mesothelioma, a cancer in [...]

Diagnosis of Mesothelioma Cancer and Isolation is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

Asbestos Exposure Multiplies the Risk of Lung Cancer

CPSM — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:54:00 +0000

Mesothelioma, a malignant neoplasm that occurs in the lining of the internal organs due to exposure to asbestos, has only recently been a type of cancer that most people in developed countries know about. The second most serious form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos behind mesothelioma is lung cancer. Writer Jane E. Brody’s recent [...]

Asbestos Exposure Multiplies the Risk of Lung Cancer is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

Mesothelioma Caused by Asbestos not Cigarettes

CPSM — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:28:36 +0000

The one established cause of mesothelioma in the United States is exposure to asbestos. Cigarette smoking has nothing to do with causing mesothelioma with one exception. Between 1952 and 1956 one cigarette company in the United States manufactured filtered cigarettes using asbestos in the filter. The technology came from World War II gas mask filtration. However, [...]

Mesothelioma Caused by Asbestos not Cigarettes is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.

Asbestos Removed From School without Precautions

CPSM — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:09:57 +0000

Caningeraba State School in Australia removed asbestos without giving any warning to parents or students and without taking mandated safety precautions. Simon Smith, whose daughter attends the city school, noticed that Qbuild workers were removing bag racks from the school and suspected they contained asbestos even though there were no warnings posted or notification given [...]

Asbestos Removed From School without Precautions is a post from: Mesothelioma Blog, the official blog of Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason mesothelioma attorneys with more than 25 years experience helping clients.