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MITOPE clinical trial brings a new treatment to patients suffering from Malignant Pleural Effusion and Malignant Mesothelioma
15% of cancer patients develop pleural effusion as their disease spreads to the lungs and accumulates excess fluid and this condition is common...
Targeted cancer treatment could provide new hope for mesothelioma patients
Researchers at the Cancer Research UK Southampton Clinical Trials Unit and the University of Leicester are running the NERO trial (Niraparib...
Introducing the new Health Companion portal
Working in collaboration with DaSH-Global, a pharmaceutical manufacturing company, we have developed a new digital patient portal known as the...
A call for urgent change to improve outcomes for patients with asbestos-related cancer
Mesothelioma UK has launched the Uncovering Mesothelioma report, published by the pharmaceutical company, Bristol Myers Squibb to coincide with...
Join our Asbestos Commercial Club
If you are a business involved in the management of asbestos or the diseases it causes, why not join our Asbestos Commercial Club (MUKACC) to...
CEO Liz Darlison to speak at the European Asbestos Conference
Mesothelioma UK’s CEO, Liz Darlison, has been confirmed as a speaker at the European Asbestos Forum Conference (EAF). The event will take place from...
Mesothelioma National Statistics
The Health and Safety Executive has been publishing statistics on annual mesothelioma deaths in Great Britain on a consistent basis for 50 years....
2nd year update from the Mesothelioma UK Research Centre
The Mesothelioma UK Research Centre (Sheffield) (MURC) is celebrating its second birthday. Some of our key achievements from the first two years are...
Charities fund clinical nurse specialist to support asbestos-related cancer patients in East Kent
Working in partnership with national charity, Mesothelioma UK, the London Asbestos Support Awareness Group has confirmed that it will fund Toni...
Charities fund clinical nurse specialist to support asbestos-related cancer patients in the South East
HASAG, an asbestos support group and charity, and the Mavis Nye Foundation will fund the existing Mesothelioma UK nurse post, based at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust/Kent Oncology Centre
Targeted cancer treatment could provide new hope for mesothelioma patients
Researchers at the Cancer Research UK Southampton Clinical Trials Unit and the University of Leicester are running the NERO trial (Niraparib Efficacy in patients with unResectable MesotheliOma) to test whether a type of drug called a PARP inhibitor could be an...
Introducing the new Health Companion portal
Working in collaboration with DaSH-Global, a pharmaceutical manufacturing company, we have developed a new digital patient portal known as the ‘Health Companion’. The new system will allow patients to submit data regarding their quality of life and experiences in the...
A call for urgent change to improve outcomes for patients with asbestos-related cancer
Mesothelioma UK has launched the Uncovering Mesothelioma report, published by the pharmaceutical company, Bristol Myers Squibb to coincide with Legacy Week (21-28 September). Bristol Myers Squibb invited the charity to collaborate on the report because of its...
Join our Asbestos Commercial Club
If you are a business involved in the management of asbestos or the diseases it causes, why not join our Asbestos Commercial Club (MUKACC) to support the vital work that we do? Joining MUKACC can be a great morale booster for your staff, encouraging them to get...
CEO Liz Darlison to speak at the European Asbestos Conference
Mesothelioma UK’s CEO, Liz Darlison, has been confirmed as a speaker at the European Asbestos Forum Conference (EAF). The event will take place from 10-11 November in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, where she will deliver a talk entitled, Establishing a National...