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Clinical trial offers hope to people afflicted with cancer caused by asbestos

Cancer patients in Scotland are being offered new hope with the launch of a clinical trial for a form of the disease linked to asbestos exposure, a charity has announced. The MITOPE trial, sponsored by the company RS Oncology, could lead to a new ...

03 Jun 2024 at 00:01

Scotland

Asbestos cancer victims remembered at memorial held in Scotland

An annual memorial for those who have lost their lives to mesothelioma – a rare asbestos-related cancer – will be held in Scotland. Scottish charity Action on Asbestos will be holding a service in the gardens of the Provand’s Lordship of Glasgow ...

01 Jul 2022 at 01:01

Health

Mum diagnosed with cancer decades after school asbestos exposure sees condition return, but will not ‘let cancer win’

A woman who was diagnosed with terminal cancer which she believes was caused by exposure to asbestos when she was in secondary school, and who got the all-clear in 2019 before the cancer returned, said this time she is determined to not “let ...

05 Jul 2023 at 07:00

£2.1m cash injection to help researchers detect asbestos cancer earlier

Researchers studying why it can take decades for exposure to asbestos to develop into a cancer diagnosis are receiving £2.1 million funding to help tackle the “long and painful legacy” of the substance. Mesothelioma, which currently has a ...

15 Mar 2023 at 09:31

Health

Father with cancer in lung lining after asbestos exposure in the 70s urges others in building trade to get checked

A father diagnosed with cancer in his lung lining after being exposed to asbestos in the 1970s has urged others in the building trade to get checked. Malcolm Ledgar, 64, based in Nottingham, worked as an apprentice joiner for a building ...

16 Jan 2025 at 06:30

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