Your only mesothelioma types news source! Click on each item to read full story.   The fight for veterans’ rights read story Local U. S. Army Veteran Jerry Orman applauds the group of physicians who recently called for the resignation of the medical director of the G. V. “Sonny” Montgomery VA Medical Center in Jackson, but says other administrators should leave, too.   9/11's Toxic time bomb read story The after-effects 9/11 threaten numbers far greater than died on the day.   Reportlinker Adds Target Atlas: Competitive Insights to Anti-Angiogenic Drug R&D in Oncology read story Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:   The Psychology of SEO read story How far can you take a web site using SEO? On the surface, that depends solely on your ability to implement strategies and tactics to overcome the competition. Yet when you peel back the curtain, you realize there’s a lot more going on requiring you to have what essentially boils down to a psychology degree. [...] Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . The Psychology of SEO   Everett firefighters file claim for asbestos exposure read story EVERETT -- Firefighters exposed to asbestos during training three years ago are moving toward a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the city. Dozens of Everett firefighters and their spouses last month filed claims with the city seeking a total of $9 million.   Asbestos was factor in the deaths of four men read story INQUESTS have been held into the deaths of four men who all lost their lives after working with or coming into contact with asbestos.   Mesothelioma Victims Center Expands Its Free Help Options For Veterans, Ship Yard, Oil Refinery & Construction ... read story The Mesothelioma Victims Center is dramatically expanding its unparalleled free service for mesothelioma victims, for Veterans of the US Navy by targeting new groups of potential victims that include ship yard workers, oil refinery workers, Railroad, and all types of construction workers, or trades groups like plumbers, electricians, HVAC repair technicians, and other professionals.   Notable clustersIdentifying a clusterMyasthenia gravis facts: read story Most investigations into disease clusters are busts. But every now then, researchers do find clusters. Here are several noteworthy ones: Asbestos: In the 1960s, researchers traced the development of mesothelioma to exposure to asbestos, which was used heavily in shipbuilding. Legio...   Second-Generation Cancer Drug Targeting Patients' Specific Molecular Defects Is Showing Encouraging Results In Early ... read story A second-generation cancer drug that targets patients' specific molecular defects is showing encouraging results in early clinical trials, according to a study published in the latest edition of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Researchers from the Drug Development Unit at The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust led a Phase I clinical trial of the drug ...   Hitchcock Clinical Lab Expects to Debut miRNA Assays Next Year for CLL, Pancreatic Cancer read story This post has been updated to include the tests' intended indications. The molecular pathology clinical lab at Dartmouth's Hitchcock Medical Center expects to begin offering microRNA-based tests for chronic lymphocytic leukemia and pancreatic cancer sometime next year, according to its director.