Advanced Computer Program Might Pinpoint Mesothelioma Sooner
Scientists at New York University School of Medicine have successfully used a sophisticated computer program to distinguish between different types of lung cancer and identify the mutated genes behind them. The developers say the technology could open the door to faster diagnosis of other types of cancer, including malignant mesothelioma. Malignant Mesothelioma, the Asbestos Cancer Malignant pleural mesothelioma is a form of lung cancer caused by asbestos exposure. Instead of starting in the lung tissue like other types of lung cancer, it grows on the membrane that surrounds the lungs and can then spread to the lungs and other organs. There is no cure and the prognosis for mesothelioma is usually poor. As with most types of cancer, earlier diagnosis … Continue reading Advanced Computer Program Might Pinpoint Mesothelioma Sooner
Radiofrequency Ablation for Recurrent Mesothelioma: A New Treatment Option?
A procedure normally used to help alleviate pain has been used to successfully stop a case of recurrent malignant pleural mesothelioma in Japan. Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) uses electrical energy delivered through a thin, hollow needle to heat and destroy cancer cells. Most of the time, this technology is used to destroy small tumors or a treat small area of cancer to alleviate symptoms such as pain or discomfort. But thoracic surgeons at the Hyogo College of Medicine in Hyogo, Japan say their new case study suggests that the procedure should also be considered as a definitive treatment — especially for mesothelioma patients for whom surgery is not a viable option. Complex Mesothelioma Case Drives RFA Decision In a new report … Continue reading Radiofrequency Ablation for Recurrent Mesothelioma: A New Treatment Option?
Radiotherapy LIkely to Play a Bigger Role in Future Mesothelioma Therapy
New research suggests that radiotherapy is likely to play a larger role in the multi-modal treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma in the future, supporting and enhancing treatments such as surgery and immunotherapy. Radiation scrambles the DNA inside cancer cells, interrupting their life cycle and making replication impossible. If it were possible to irradiate only mesothelioma cells without affecting the surrounding healthy tissue, radiotherapy might even be able to cure cancers like mesothelioma. But as the authors of a new study published in the Journal of Thoracic Disease point out, until recently, radiotherapy has been of limited use in the treatment of mesothelioma because it hasn’t been precise enough. Thanks to new technology, that is changing. Why Mesothelioma is Hard to … Continue reading Radiotherapy LIkely to Play a Bigger Role in Future Mesothelioma Therapy
Mesothelioma Survival Odds Better for Women Than Men
Women diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma tend to live longer than men with the same disease. Australian researchers say understanding exactly why that is could open the door to improving mesothelioma treatment for both genders. Assessing Mesothelioma Survival Rates By Gender Researchers led by the Cancer Epidemiology and Intelligence Division of Cancer Council Victoria in Melbourne used cancer registry data to identify cases of malignant mesothelioma and 24 others types of cancer diagnosed in Victoria between 1982 and 2015. Then, they assessed the survival differences for each type of cancer between men and women, adjusting for each patient’s age and year of diagnosis. According to their report published this week in Cancer Causes & Control, the bad news for men is … Continue reading Mesothelioma Survival Odds Better for Women Than Men
Pleural Mesothelioma Risk: Genes and Exposure Both Play a Role
When it comes to the development of malignant pleural mesothelioma, your job and your relatives both appear to play critical roles. A new study in the European Journal of Cancer points to the interplay between environment and genetics in the development of the asbestos cancer. The study shows, once again, just how destructive asbestos can be to human health. Analyzing Mesothelioma Incidence Among Swedes The new research used data from the Swedish Family-Cancer Database, which includes all Swedes born after 1931 and their biological parents – a total of 16.1 million people, including 2.3 million cancer patients. After analyzing the data on all people with pleural mesothelioma, the researchers determined that those who worked around asbestos were more than three … Continue reading Pleural Mesothelioma Risk: Genes and Exposure Both Play a Role
Electricity-based Mesothelioma Treatment Moves a Step Closer to FDA Approval
Calling it an “extremely promising therapeutic option” that demonstrates “an impressive extension of median overall survival”, researchers testing a new type of pleural mesothelioma treatment announced the final results of their phase II clinical trial this week. Tumor Treating Fields, a creation of Jersey-based Novocare, are alternating electric fields that destabilize critical proteins, disrupting mesothelioma tumor cell division and killing them. As Surviving Mesothelioma first reported in April, early tests of the technology looked promising. But the final results of the STELLAR phase 2 mesothelioma clinical trial, released this week, are even better than expected. Researchers say Tumor Treating Fields may even become part of the new standard of care for pleural mesothelioma. Tumor Treating Fields Gain Momentum in … Continue reading Electricity-based Mesothelioma Treatment Moves a Step Closer to FDA Approval
Mobile App Could Help Mesothelioma Patients Find New Treatments
Mesothelioma patients now have a high-tech new way to connect with cutting edge mesothelioma treatments around the world – for a price. A pair of Harvard-trained oncologists have just rolled out a new app that promises to connect people who have cancers like pleural mesothelioma with treatments and clinical trials that even their physicians may not be aware of. The app, called Driver, is being rolled out this week in the US and China in the wake of a trial run with a hundred people over the past year. How Might Driver Help Mesothelioma Patients? One of the biggest obstacles faced by patients diagnosed with rare cancers like pleural or peritoneal mesothelioma is getting the most up-tp-date information about potential … Continue reading Mobile App Could Help Mesothelioma Patients Find New Treatments
Mesothelioma Risk May Differ Between Children and Adults
Australian researchers say it may take longer for asbestos-exposed children to develop malignant mesothelioma than it takes adults with the same level of exposure. Public health researchers with multiple Australian Universities and Utrecht University in The Netherlands say being younger may offer a short-term reprieve from the mesothelioma-inducing effects of asbestos. Unfortunately, that lower susceptibility is unlikely to last for a lifetime. Studying the People of Wittenoom Scientists determined that asbestos-exposed children are less likely to contract malignant mesothelioma, at least in the short term, by studying the records of Australians who lived around the notorious Wittenoom asbestos mine. The Wittenoom mine, which mined for crocidolite or “blue” asbestos from 1943 to 1966, has now been linked to hundreds of … Continue reading Mesothelioma Risk May Differ Between Children and Adults
Milk for Mesothelioma? Proteins in Cow’s Milk May Kill Mesothelioma Cells
There is new evidence that substances in cow’s milk may trigger a physiological process that leads to the death of chemotherapy-resistant mesothelioma cells. The substances are known as BAMLET and BLAGLET and they consist of either alpha- or beta-lactalbumin from cow’s milk and a lipid called oleic acid. The two protein-lipid complexes have been shown to have cytotoxic effects on eight other types of cancer. Now, researchers in Sydney, Australia have found that the same may be true for malignant mesothelioma, one of the hardest cancers to treat. BAMLET and BLAGLET Explained β-Lactoglobulin is the primary whey protein in the milk of cow’s and sheep (though not humans). α-Lactalbumin is the protein that regulates the production of lactose in … Continue reading Milk for Mesothelioma? Proteins in Cow’s Milk May Kill Mesothelioma Cells
Study Predicts New Mesothelioma Therapies on the Horizon
A new article published by a pair of UK scientists predicts a brighter future for mesothelioma patients thanks to a growing understanding of the disease and how to treat it. Malignant mesothelioma is the cancer most closely associated with asbestos. Although only a small percentage of asbestos-exposed people go on to develop mesothelioma, those who do face a grim prognosis. Doctors learned early on that standard cancer treatments rarely work for patients with mesothelioma. But Anna Bibby and Nick Maskell with Bristol Medical School and the North Bristol Lung Centre say the large amount of high-quality mesothelioma research conducted in the last decade has moved medicine closer to finding a cure for this intractable cancer. Important Mesothelioma Research Findings In … Continue reading Study Predicts New Mesothelioma Therapies on the Horizon
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