Until very recently, power morcellators were frequently used by surgeons in laparoscopic hysterectomies and procedures to remove fibroid growths. Use of the devices is not so popular, however, after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cautioned that power morcellators could cause the spread of undetected cancer. United States health insurance providers are also weighing in on the subject by...
The benefit of immunotherapy for mesothelioma patients is that the treatment uses the body’s own immune system to attack mesothelioma cells without causing injury to healthy cells nearby. In a recently published study of tremelimumab, Italian researchers from the University Hospital of Siena have announced that the drug shows promising results in patients with advanced mesothelioma that has...
Patients in the United Kingdom are experiencing the same problems with metal-on-metal hip replacements that those here in the United States are suffering. The manufacturers of one defective metal hip device called the ‘Birmingham Hip Modular Head total hip replacement’ (BHMH) have recently disclosed that their product is holding up much worse than was previously known. Smith & Nephew...
Johnson & Johnson and Boston Scientific Corp. — two manufacturers of vaginal mesh implants that have caused injuries to many women across the nation — have lost their bid to toss almost 100 transvaginal mesh cases out of court in Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia Judge Rejects Pelvic Mesh Makers’ Attempts to Toss Out Pelvic Mesh LawsuitsThe pelvic mesh cases are pending in the...
Scientists searching for effective treatments for peritoneal mesothelioma are excited about the recent mapping of the genome sequence for the disease. Peritoneal mesothelioma is a fatal cancer of the lining surrounding the abdominal organs. The only confirmed cause of the disease is asbestos exposure.Mesothelioma itself is a rare cancer which strikes 3,000 Americans each year. But most cases...
Power morcellation, according to three Johns Hopkins physicians, can cause benign uterine disease to spread. Three case reports from the Baltimore Maryland hospital demonstrated that use of the morcellator medical device may require more extensive surgery later and increase a patient’s risk of death. Three physicians with Johns Hopkins’ prestigious Kelly Gynecologic Oncology Service...
CRS-207 has been granted orphan drug status by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treatment of pleural mesothelioma patients. CRS-207, manufactured by Aduro Biotech, had previously been granted orphan drug designation for treatment of pancreatic cancer. The orphan drug designation is made by the FDA’s Office of Orphan Products Development to novel drugs that may help treat or...
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