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Cancer Epidemiologists Ask: “Prescription drug use during pregnancy and risk of childhood can
Questions, questions. For the last few decades, medical study databases have been growing, and so more data is available for study. As a...

Kirk Hartley
Dec 30, 20142 min read
Some Logistics of Testing for Germline Mutations of the BAP1 Gene
BAP1 testing is a relatively straightforward process for trained persons using good equipment. Indeed, that’s true for most tests seeking...

Kirk Hartley
Nov 24, 20141 min read
Asbestos Litigation Goes More Molecular – Germline BAP1 Mutation Issues Are Said to Exist in 5
Some say that change is the predominant theme in asbestos litigation. For 2014, some of the change arrives in the form of at least five...

Kirk Hartley
Nov 20, 20141 min read
Medicare Highly Likely to Start Paying for Low Dose CT Scans for Current and Some Former Smokers
Through the procedures of CMS under the statute governing regarding Medicare, there is news that Medicare is highly likely to start...

Kirk Hartley
Nov 12, 20145 min read
AACR Sees Number of US Cancers Increasing by 50% in the Next 20 Years
A key quote from AACR’s 2014 Cancer Progress Report: “During a telephone news briefing, the association’s leadership said that with an...

Kirk Hartley
Oct 28, 20141 min read
A No Direct Cost Way to Support More Mesothelioma Research
Investing in more mesothelioma research should be a no brainer. Investments in research should be flowing from many, including especially...

Kirk Hartley
Oct 26, 20142 min read
Videos – Best of iMig Day 1 – For Chrysotile Defendants, Good News and Not So Good News
iMig has posted videos of plenary sessions from Day 1 iMig 2014, and summaries of some other sessions. Best of Imig 2014 – Day 1 is...

Kirk Hartley
Oct 23, 20142 min read
iMig Day 2 – More Molecular Information, and Some Hope
Day 2 of iMig 2014 is on October 22, and is not your father’s mesothelioma science conference. In the past, there was little positive to...

Kirk Hartley
Oct 21, 20141 min read
An Implicit Message for the Toxic Tort Litigation Industry News – Tripled Profits for Illumina
Need more proof that the future of toxic torts will involve molecular issues? Consider that the impact of gene sequencing shows up in...

Kirk Hartley
Oct 21, 20141 min read
More Great Progress on Triggering the Immune System to See and Destroy Cancer Cells
Happy Friday, with really good news for kids with a form of leukemia. A new press release and an October 16, 2014 article in Fierce...

Kirk Hartley
Oct 17, 20141 min read
Lung Cancer Claims Take Center Stage for a HarrisMartin Asbestos Litigation Conference
Some see lung cancer claiming as associated only with the Napoli Bern law firm. But that’s not correct. More and more, members of the...

Kirk Hartley
Oct 6, 20143 min read
Genomic Testing Order Issued in Philadelphia Benzene Case – The Future is Now (and Kudos to Ho
Courts hearing toxic tort cases are continuing to open the doors to genomic and other molecular analysis. Proof? A new order in a...

Kirk Hartley
Oct 2, 20143 min read
Mesothelioma Awareness Day, and MARF and Mary Hesdorffer
Today is “mesothelioma awareness day.” Obviously most mass tort lawyers know something about mesothelioma. The rest of the world,...

Kirk Hartley
Sep 26, 20141 min read


World Lymphoma Awareness Day
Every seven seconds, someone in the US dies because of a blood cancer, such as a lymphoma or a leukemia. In their honor, and to raise...

Kirk Hartley
Sep 15, 20141 min read
Lawyers on All Sides Soon Will See More and More Reports on Tumor Mutations
Changes in the world of science mean that tort lawyers of today and tomorrow soon will see and learn far more about genomic mutations in...

Kirk Hartley
Sep 9, 20144 min read
Patterns of Copy Number Variations Across All Types of Cancer
Nature Genetics includes a free, very useful article on copy number variations across cancers of all types. The review is based on a...

Kirk Hartley
Jul 30, 20141 min read
“Occupational Cancer: Key Challenges and Opportunities for Change”
The story of asbestos disease – and the resulting litigation – is part of the larger story of “occupational cancer.” A new op-ed (free...

Kirk Hartley
Jul 15, 20142 min read
Consequences for Ignoring Science and Technology – Corporate Boards and Other Leaders –
It may be the corporate boards are starting to get the message about the need to pay attention to science, technology and cybersecurity....

Kirk Hartley
Jul 1, 20143 min read
Identifying Additional Possible Causes of Mesothelioma, More or Less by Accident – Gene Expre
Most insurers, defendants and various interested others can and should be spending money to find additional causes of mesothelioma. The...

Kirk Hartley
Jul 1, 20141 min read
ASCO Arrives in Chicago – The Scale of Cancer
It’s a necessary but sobering annual rite of spring – ASCO members arrive in Chicago for the annual meeting of oncologists at McCormick...

Kirk Hartley
May 30, 20142 min read
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