Asbestos Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Asbestos, including details on mesothelioma, lung disease, dangers, effects, risks.

Volume 2 (2005), Issue 5 (May)

1. Primary malignant peritoneal mesothelioma in an incarcerated groin hernia: report of a case.
   Surg Today, 35(5): 421-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. The selective epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor PD153035 suppresses expression of prometastasis phenotypes in malignant pleural mesothelioma cells in vitro.
   J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 129(5): 1010-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. P16 loss and mitotic activity predict poor survival in patients with peritoneal malignant mesothelioma.
   Clin Cancer Res, 11(9): 3303-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Immunotherapy of murine malignant mesothelioma using tumor lysate-pulsed dendritic cells.
   Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 171(10): 1168-77. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Inhibitory effects of anti-oxidants on apoptosis of a human polyclonal T-cell line, MT-2, induced by an asbestos, chrysotile-A.
   Scand J Immunol, 61(5): 442-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. D2-40 and podoplanin are highly specific and sensitive immunohistochemical markers of epithelioid malignant mesothelioma.
   Hum Pathol, 36(4): 372-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Raltitrexed-Oxaliplatin combination chemotherapy is inactive as second-line treatment for malignant pleural mesothelioma patients.
   Lung Cancer, 48(3): 429-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Irinotecan for malignant mesothelioma A phase II trial by the Cancer and Leukemia Group B.
   Lung Cancer, 48(3): 423-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Humoral immune response to mesothelin in mesothelioma and ovarian cancer patients.
   Clin Cancer Res, 11(10): 3814-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Human mesothelioma cells exhibit tumor cell-specific differences in phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/AKT activity that predict the efficacy of Onconase.
    Mol Cancer Ther, 4(5): 835-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Solitary fibrous tumour of the epididymis: MRI features.
    Br J Radiol, 78(930): 565-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Non-malignant consequences of decreasing asbestos exposure in the Brazil chrysotile mines and mills.
    Occup Environ Med, 62(6): 381-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Phase II study of a liposome-entrapped cisplatin analog (L-NDDP) administered intrapleurally and pathologic response rates in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma.
    J Clin Oncol, 23(15): 3495-501. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Second-line (post-study) chemotherapy received by patients treated in the phase III trial of pemetrexed plus cisplatin versus cisplatin alone in malignant pleural mesothelioma.
    Ann Oncol, 16(6): 923-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Mitogen-activated protein kinase expression and activation does not differentiate benign from malignant mesothelial cells.
    Cancer, 103(11): 2427-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Giant solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura.
    Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 53(3): 185-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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