The 46th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) will be held in Chicago, June 4-8, 2010. This year’s Annual Meeting will focus on Advancing Quality through Innovation. More than 30,000 cancer specialists from around the world will gather at the meeting to discuss the latest innovations in research, quality, practice and technology in cancer.

Dr. David J. Sugarbaker, chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery at the Brigham & Women’s hospital in Boston, talks about the delicate EPP procedure and how this procedure has proved to be key in the war against meso.

The U.K. recognizes that society’s obligation and moral responsibility to remedy the tragic legacy of decades of asbestos use requires funding research to develop effective medical treatments. Will the United States follow?
Santa Barbara, CA (PRWEB) March 5, 2010 — The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation today publicly praised the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Justice for its progressive and constructive new position on asbestos disease.