Tag: Mesothelioma UK

Mesothelioma UK grateful to asbestos support groups and charity partners who commit to funding specialist nurses

Stuart Mitchell

Mesothelioma UK, the national asbestos-related cancer charity, has announced nationwide support from several asbestos support groups and partner charities for its UK network of mesothelioma Clinical Nurse Specialists.   The Mesothelioma UK nurses team consists of over 30 Clinical Nurse Specialists, employed at NHS hospitals throughout the UK. They are all experts and dedicated to providing the very best for mesothelioma patients. These vital posts are supported by funding from UK asbestos support groups and charities including: HASAG – Portsmouth, London (Guy’s & St Thomas’), Southampton, Essex London Asbestos Support…

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Memorial sculpture honouring mesothelioma patients in the Armed Forces unveiled at National Memorial Arboretum

Stuart Mitchell

A major stone sculpture honouring all serving and veteran members of the British Armed Forces with the asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma, has been unveiled. The memorial sculpture was installed at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire on 16 October 2023, joining more than 400 memorials dedicated to members of the Armed Forces, Emergency Services and civilian organisations. The sculpture has been commissioned by Mesothelioma UK, the national asbestos-related cancer charity, as part of its ‘Supporting our Armed Forces’ project. It has been funded by private donations and more details can be…

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Mesothelioma UK and Erase Meso award grant for new research into novel drug target for mesothelioma patients

Stuart Mitchell

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 Coleman at the University of Birmingham and Mathew ColemanProfessors Marion MacFarlane and Anne Willis OBE at the MRC (Medical Research Council) Toxicology Unit at the University of Cambridge, Professor John Le Quesne (CRUK Beatson Institute, Glasgow) and Professor Christopher Schofield (University of Oxford). The project is funded by Erase Meso with a financial…

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Mesothelioma UK awards £37,000 for new study into pain reduction for asbestos-related cancer

Stuart Mitchell

Mesothelioma UK, the national asbestos-related cancer charity, has awarded £37,191.51 through its research grant scheme to a year-long study that will investigate why radiotherapy treatment reduces pain for some patients with the asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma, and not others. The research, titled ‘Tipping the balance: pro- and anti-apoptotic proteins as determinant of radiation resistance in mesothelioma’, will be carried out by Professor Anthony Chalmers at the University of Glasgow. The funding has been provided by HASAG Asbestos Disease Support, a charity dedicated to supporting those affected by asbestos-related diseases. The study…

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A call for urgent change to improve outcomes for patients with asbestos-related cancer

Stuart Mitchell

Mesothelioma UK, the national asbestos-related cancer charity, 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 expertise in the field of mesothelioma, a rare cancer related to exposure to asbestos that predominantly affects the lining of the lungs. The UK has the highest incidence of the disease in the world with around 2,700 people diagnosed each year.  Mesothelioma patients are often diagnosed with late-stage…

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