December 2013 | Shrader & Associates L.L.P.
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How Mesothelioma Treatment is Changing and What to Expect in the Coming Years

Traditional mesothelioma treatment methods have followed the medical standard for cancer management—revolving primarily around the Big Cancer Curing Three: surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy. However, the last several years have brought advancements in medical science that hold hope to revolutionize the way that cancer is treated. Even extremely aggressive (and rare) forms, like...

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Asbestos Exposure-When, Where, Why and How You Could Be at Risk

Asbestos exposure has affected tens of thousands of Americans to date—blue-collar workers, military vets and even stay-at-home moms have been at risk. So, how do you know whether YOU need to be concerned about the health consequences of regular and prolonged exposure? The following article can answer your questions about when, where, why and how you could have been put at risk. When? Asbestos...

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Mesothelioma from Asbestos on the Job: How Millions of Americans Got Cancer at Work

Mesothelioma and asbestos, we now know, go tragically hand in hand. A toxic and once almost omnipresent carcinogen, asbestos made its way into millions of American lives throughout the 19th and 20th centuries—resulting in more than 10,000 cases of directly related illnesses in the U.S. alone. Close to a third of those are cases are mesothelioma cancer, an aggressive and terminal illness that...

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Meso and the Law Today: Part I: The Truth About the Fraudulent Asbestos Lawsuit

Each year, thousands of victims file an asbestos lawsuit after receiving ultimately fatal exposure at the hands of callous and negligent big-business tycoons. Just to put the exorbitant number of claimants into scale, a recent investigation conducted by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reviewed 850,000 asbestos injury claims that had been filed from the late part of the 1980s all the way through...

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Let an Asbestos Attorney Fight for What You Deserve

An experienced asbestos attorney knows that victims of mesothelioma deserve to have their day in court. It has been proven time and time again that the cause of mesothelioma is exposure to asbestos. The majority of cases, upwards of 80%, are caused by exposure in the work place. Mesothelioma lies dormant for decades before symptoms become apparent to patient and doctor. Because it can take...

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