Prognosis Uncovering the Secrets of Long-Term Survival in Pleural Mesothelioma: The DNA Repair Factor ByHolly Zink September 20, 2023September 15, 2023 DNA repair plays an important role in a type of cancer called malignant pleural mesothelioma. Scientists have found that mesothelioma…
Prognosis | Research | Symptoms How Inflammation, Stress, and Signaling Shape Mesothelioma’s Growth ByHolly Zink September 10, 2023August 30, 2023 Scientists are looking at how long-term inflammation, cell stress, and messed-up cell signaling help mesothelioma cancer cells grow and spread.…
Prognosis | Treatments Empowering Mesothelioma Patients with Patient-Reported Symptom Monitoring ByHolly Zink September 1, 2023August 27, 2023 New data shows that patient-reported symptom monitoring improves the quality of life in lung cancer patients. The study was published…
Prognosis | Statistics New Hope for Mesothelioma Patients in Intensive Care ByHolly Zink August 31, 2023August 28, 2023 In the fight against mesothelioma, there’s new and hopeful data that might help patients who end up in the intensive…
Diagnosis | Europe | International | Prognosis | Treatments Examining the Hype: Lackluster Performance of New Mesothelioma Treatment ByHolly Zink August 21, 2023August 21, 2023 Researchers have found that povidone-iodine treatment does not improve survival in mesothelioma patients. The study comes from King’s College and…
Prognosis | Treatments Can TAMs Hold the Key to Stopping Cancer’s Advances? ByHolly Zink August 13, 2023August 8, 2023 TAMs are important cells found in cancer tumors. TAMs or tumor associated macrophages cause inflammation and stop the body from…
Diagnosis | Prognosis The Challenges of Treating Mesothelioma in the Heart ByHolly Zink August 5, 2023August 3, 2023 Researchers from Sahloul Hospital in Tunisia shared the case of a 44-year-old woman with a very rare diagnosis of sarcomatous…
Prognosis | Research | Treatments Mesothelioma Spreading to the Brain and the Role of Stereotactic Radiosurgery ByHolly Zink July 21, 2023July 13, 2023 Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh shared a case about a mesothelioma patient whose cancer spread to their brain. Doctors…
Asbestos | Europe | International | Prognosis | Statistics Italy’s Battle Against Mesothelioma: National Case Tracking ByHolly Zink June 23, 2023 A study by Italian researchers shows how tracking mesothelioma cases at a national level can help to measure the impact…
Diagnosis | Prognosis | Research | Statistics Socioeconomic Factors Shape Mesothelioma Outcomes ByHolly Zink June 19, 2023 Socioeconomic and racial factors can play a role in the survival rates of patients with mesothelioma. This finding was presented…