Asbestos Still in Commercial Use
Asbestos is a dangerous group of fibrous minerals that have historically been used in many different industries. The use of asbestos materials in construction can be traced to the material’s resiliency, strength, and ability to operate as a fire retardant. Where Can Asbestos Be Found? The use of asbestos in building materials over many decades […]
Immunotherapy & Mesothelioma: A New Treatment Approach
Immunotherapy is a treatment that uses a cancer patient’s immune system to combat the spread of cancer. Immunotherapy regimens work in several different ways, including by stimulating the immune system to work harder or more efficiently as well as by supplementing a patient’s immune system with synthetic boosters for the immune system. Malignant pleural mesothelioma […]
Doll Factories Linked to Pleural Mesothelioma
Doll Factories: A New Source of Mesothelioma in Women Women and children who live in close proximity to mesothelioma workers have always been at heightened risk for contracting mesothelioma. Nonetheless, the incidences of mesothelioma among women have only rarely been investigated. Even in cases where the cause of a mesothelioma diagnosis is identified, it is […]
Relacionan las fábricas de muñecas con el mesotelioma pleural
Fábricas de muñecas: Una nueva fuente de mesotelioma en las mujeres Las mujeres y los niños que viven en las proximidades de trabajadores con mesotelioma siempre han corrido un mayor riesgo de contraer mesotelioma. Sin embargo, la incidencia del mesotelioma entre las mujeres sólo se ha investigado en contadas ocasiones. Incluso en los casos en […]
Illinois Masonic
This was my third social, at my third hospital, and I had the same great experience. This time I went to Illinois Masonic. This hospital is near and dear to me because it is where I was taken about a year and a half ago when I was hit by a car – but that […]
Kellogg Cancer Center in Evanston
My name is Mirela Stefanescu. This was my fifth social to attend and I now I feel like an old pro. The Kellogg Cancer Center in Evanston was a beautiful location with lots of greenery in the waiting room. We set up in a room off to the left. The unique part of this location […]
Working With the Imerman Angels
My name is Mirela Stefanescu and I live in Lakeview, and I do PR for Vogelzang Law, an amazing law firm in the city at which I am also the office manager and which specializes in serving victims of Mesothelioma and other asbestos-related cancer. I also just started volunteering for a wonderful organization called Imerman […]
Dr. Nicholas Vogelzang Won’t Stop Fighting Cancer
A recent article by the Las Vegas Review-Journal detailed the close relationship Dr. Vogelzang shares with his patients at the Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada in Las Vegas. “Someone told me Dr. Vogelzang is retiring. He can’t. Someone in our family will die if he does. Is it true? Is he retiring?” a woman had […]