Britain is facing an avalanche of asbestos-related deaths. For decades, the official policy has been to leave asbestos where it is, provided it is sealed in or not degraded.

A survey of 500 construction workers shared exclusively with the Daily Mail has uncovered a terrifying lack of understanding ...

Veterans are the most affected by asbestos and mesothelioma. A centralized database for veterans exposed to asbestos to help ...

Although the cause of ovarian cancer remains mostly unknown, most epithelial ovarian carcinomas have been suggested to arise from the ovarian surface epithelium, which has its embryonic origins in the ...

(2011), in view of their frequent expression in benign host cells (e.g., normal mesothelium). Claudin expression in ovarian carcinoma is anatomic site-related, as three members of this family, claudin ...

The legal aid you need is waiting for you. Malignant mesothelioma is an aggressive form of cancer that starts in the lining (mesothelium) surrounding the body’s organs. It is considered rare, ...

The pleura (plural: pleurae) is a two-layered membrane that covers the lung. Between the layers is a small amount of lubricating fluid, known as pleural fluid, which helps cushion the lung and reduce ...

Hepatic macrophages are a remarkably heterogeneous population consisting of self-renewing tissue-resident phagocytes, termed Kupffer cells (KCs), and recruited macrophages derived from peritoneal ...

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Monographs (www.monographs.iarc.fr) identify environmental and occupational causes of human cancer. Sometimes called the WHO “Encyclopedia of ...

14 Southern California Research Center for ALPD and Cirrhosis, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA The field of pancreatic stellate cell (PSC ...