Awards Night 2020

Mesothelioma UK and Erase Meso, two national asbestos-related cancer charities, have agreed to support a six-month research project to the University of Birmingham’s Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences. The project is a collaboration between Professor Mathew...

Grant will fund new research study at the University of Glasgow looking at why radiotherapy reduces pain for some patients and not others Mesothelioma UK has awarded £37,191.51 through its research grant scheme to a year-long study that will investigate why...

At its 2023 annual conference in May, Lung Cancer Nursing UK welcomed Mesothelioma UK’s CEO, Liz Darlison as its third honorary member. Lung Cancer Nursing UK had around 300 members and exists to provide a network and support to lung cancer nurses through clinical,...

Mesothelioma UK has launched a new ‘Don’t Let the Dust Settle’ campaign to call time on asbestos by raising awareness of the dangers of asbestos exposure and the asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma. The campaign will focus on sharing information about asbestos and...

Sam Westbrook, the UK’s first Peritoneal Mesothelioma Clinical Nurse Specialist, has been shortlisted in the Oncology Nurse of the Year category at the British Journal of Nursing (BJN) 2023 awards. Sam is based at the Peritoneal Malignancy Institute Basingstoke, part...