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WA team's mesothelioma breakthrough/ Kylie Walker, AAP medical
writer, December 13, 2003

NEW hope is on the horizon for the growing number of Australians with the deadly asbestos-caused cancer, mesothelioma.

Blood Test for Mesothelioma/ Ivanhoe Newswire, November 14, 2003

A new study provides promising results on a blood test to identify people with mesothelioma.

Pemetrexed Shows Survival Benefit in Patients with Pleural Mesothelioma/ The University of Chicago Medical Center, July 15, 2003

Patients with cancer of the lining of the lung, known as pleural mesothelioma, live longer and have less pain and shortness of breath if they receive the new chemotherapy drug pemetrexed (Alimta R, Eli Lilly)

Patients With Asbestos-Related Cancer Report Better Quality of Life With Alimta+Cisplatin/ CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE), June 2, 2003

Earlier Findings Showed That Alimta+Cisplatin Helped These Same Patients Live Longer

Lilly's drug for cancer 'exciting'/ Indianapolis Star, IN, June 2, 2003

The experimental cancer drug Alimta worked so well in a study on lung cancer patients that Eli Lilly and Co. said Monday it will ask for federal approval to market the drug for that use, too.