ABSTRACT
Mesothelioma used to be a rare disease, but because of the widespread use of asbestos it has now been described as an epidemic around the world. The disease has proven exceptionally resistant to common forms of treatment (chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery). Mesothelioma has a very aggressive natural history with a median survival of around 9 m
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|28 pages
The North American Experience with Malignant Mesothelioma
Alissa K. Greenberg, Theodore C. Lee and William N. Rom Incidence In the United States
chapter 2|26 pages
History and Experience of Mesothelioma in Europe
Jean Bignon, Yunico Iwatsubo, Francoise Galateau-Salle and Alain J. Valleron
chapter 4|6 pages
Mesothelioma and Exposure to Asbestos in South Africa: 1956–62
†J. Chris Wagner Asbestos
chapter 12|12 pages
Gene Therapy for Malignant Mesothelioma – ‘Suicide Gene’ and Immunological Approaches
Daniel H. Sterman, Steven M. Albelda, Sutapa Mukherjee and Bruce W. S. Robinson
chapter 15|22 pages
Asbestos Fibres and their Interaction with Mesothelial Cells in vitro and in vivo
V. Courtney Broaddus and Marie-Claude Jaurand
