Fieldfisher hosted a late summer conference on the developments in immunotherapy treatment for mesothelioma. The event featured talks from Dr Peter Szlosarek and Professor Angus Dalgleish, both preeminent experts in the field of immunotherapy.
This event was supported by Mesothelioma UK, and Fieldfisher will be made a donation to this fantastic charity on behalf of each attendee at the conference. The conference was held at Fieldfisher’s London offices My Favourite place in all of London. as I have mentioned so many time before.
The two Doctors were so informative as they both talked about their work;
Frontline immunotherapy in mesothelioma – update and trials
Dr Peter Szlosarek – Clinical Senior Lecturer at the Barts Cancer Institute (BCI), and Consultant in Medical Oncology at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London
Professor Angus Dalgleish – Professor of Oncology at St. George’s University of London
Dr Szlosarek and Professor Dalgleish provided an overview of their research into immunotherapy treatment and provided an update on their findings and upcoming trials.
It was enthralling especially when Angus talked about VitD seems we should all have our Vit D checked as we don’t get enough sunshine and we forget we put Sun Block on so that causes a problem I will start a course of Vit D as it seems it is good for our Immune System and also lowers Blood pressure.
Also Pineapple Core Never heard of that before.
The core of the pineapple may seem to be very hard, less juicy and slightly bitter as compared to the juicy slice, but don’t remove it. The pineapple core is a rich source of fibre and keeps your digestive system healthy. Bromelain is a proteolytic enzyme with anticoagulant properties that helps clot blood. It also possesses anti-inflammatory properties and aids healing of wounds or bruises and other skin infections. The core has high concentration of Bromelain as compared to the fruit and hence is more beneficial. It is also a great source of Vitamin C, just like the fruit, and boosts your immunity. Bromelain also improves heart health and helps in thinning of the mucus in conditions like asthma, for easy breathing. Moreover, along with the fruit, the core is also a rich source of manganese and promotes bone strength and controls cholesterol level.
And even cannabis oil is being taken serious which is something we are always asking.
Then it was my turn as on Friday I had an email would I step up to the Mark as they had a cancellation. So I had my Presentation ready for EAF and the Contamination Expo so I sent that in and that is what I used.
It was well received so I was really happy even when I made Peter Laugh when I said My Foundation was raising money for Research and to feed Peters mice with cheese.
After a break we heard from a lovely lady her story of Mesothelioma.
Then an Update from Mesothelioma UK
Anne Moylan – Mesothelioma Clinical Nurse Specialist
An update regarding the work the charity have been doing in the past year.
And finally we had a great talk from Peter Williams and how they are claiming for these more expensive drugs as they haven’t been licensed yet and patients are not happy with trials with Placebo so they are paying for them at £7000 per infusion. Field fisher have successfully recovered past and possible future costs of a ground-breaking new therapy to treat patients suffering from Mesothelioma, BUT, it is difficult to know how much to claim as it is unknown if the drug will work. So there is a lot more work to do to sort the problems out.
Afterwards, we had drinks and canapés shame it was cold and raining so we couldn’t go out on the Terrace and it was great to bring together Mesowarriors and Medics and Lawyers as we all had good interesting chats
We finally said our good byes and had a good journey home.
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