Alimta Mesothelioma

2009 Mesothelioma Foundation Symposium – Dan Sterman, MD – Screening Controversies

More videos of symposium presentations are available at www.curemeso.org. Dan Sterman’s presentation at the International Symposium on Malignant Mesothelioma organized by the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation.

Screening for Mesothelioma and Serum Osteopontin Level Testing ?

Diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma is often made too late to successfully remove the cancer or halt its progression. Consequently, researchers have been looking for a biomarker that would be definitive in diagnosing metastatic mesothelioma, but, as yet, have not been entirely successful. Serum osteopontin is a molecule whose presence is associated with metastatic mesothelioma. [...]