Prognosis | Updates For Some Patients Chemo Cuts Mesothelioma Survival ByAlex Strauss February 19, 2013May 20, 2019 Asbestos disease researchers in Australia say chemotherapy at the end of life may be doing some mesothelioma patients more harm than…
Prognosis | Updates Localized Mesothelioma May Provide Longer Survival ByAlex Strauss January 25, 2013May 23, 2019 Patients with a rare, localized form of pleural mesothelioma may have a better survival outlook than patients with the more common,…
Prognosis | Updates Pleurodesis for Mesothelioma: Hard to Predict Success ByAlex Strauss January 17, 2013July 7, 2019 Pleurodesis is a procedure often used to help relieve some of the symptoms of pleural mesothelioma, but there is still no way…
Prognosis | Updates Genes Predict Mesothelioma Treatment Response ByAlex Strauss December 23, 2012May 20, 2019 University of Chicago researchers have released the results of genetic studies they hope will shed some light on why some mesothelioma patients…
Prognosis | Updates New ‘Calculator’ May Help Guide Mesothelioma Treatment ByAlex Strauss December 20, 2012July 6, 2019 An NIH study claims to have found a better way to predict treatment response and survival in peritoneal mesothelioma patients. The information…
Prognosis | Updates Special Protein May Impact Mesothelioma Outcome ByAlex Strauss December 1, 2012July 9, 2019 Mesothelioma patients whose cells express a protein called CD9 are likely to do better and live longer than those who don’t…
Prognosis | Updates New Criteria May Help Doctors Predict Mesothelioma Survival ByAlex Strauss October 19, 2012July 6, 2019 A new study suggests that mesothelioma doctors may be at a disadvantage when it comes to accurately assessing how well patients…
Prognosis | Updates Mesothelioma Staging Guidelines May Need Revisions ByAlex Strauss October 17, 2012June 13, 2019 The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) says the current strategy for staging malignant pleural mesothelioma may need to…
Prognosis | Updates T-Cells Can Predict Mesothelioma Treatment Success ByAlex Strauss September 16, 2012July 9, 2019 Mesothelioma patients whose T-cell counts bounce back quickly after a round of chemotherapy have a better chance of survival. They are…
Prognosis | Updates Mesothelioma Patients Lack Psychosocial Support ByAlex Strauss August 24, 2012May 27, 2019 Most newly diagnosed mesothelioma patients need more psychosocial support than they are getting, according to a British sociologist. Sara Arber is a…