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22 /PRNewswire/ - The urgent mission to improve treatments for a deadly, asbestos-related cancer will make another step forward, the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (MARF) announced today, with the Second International Symposium on Malignant Mesothelioma.

Meso is a malignant tumor that aggressively invades the linings of the lungs, abdomen, heart or testicles.

The need for research to develop effective treatments was neglected for decades.

But in the past few years, exciting progress has begun.

MARF, the national nonprofit whose mission is to eradicate meso as a life-ending disease, has organized the Symposium to review this progress, elucidate the latest advances, and strengthen and encourage the entire meso community.The Symposium will be held in Las Vegas at the Caesars Palace conve...

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