Today, the Meso Foundation wrote a letter to the acting administrator of the EPA urging the agency to account for legacy asbestos when evaluating asbestos risk and the magnitude of the asbestos problem. This letter came as a response to the EPA’s decision to exclude legacy uses of asbestos in its problem formulation. This issue is separate from the recently publicized ‘significant new use rule.’ You can read more here.
Radiation oncology for the treatment of mesothelioma
Radiation oncology is used as an adjuvant therapy to other modalities of treatment (and in some cases, it can even be used as a neoadjuvant