Medical Marijuana No Longer Tabu Among Mesothelioma Doctors
A new survey suggests that medical marijuana is gaining acceptance among doctors who treat malignant mesothelioma and other types of…
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Glocal | Immunotherapy | International | Multi-Modality Therapy | New Studies | Research | Treatments
Nivolumab a ‘Rising Star’ for Malignant Mesothelioma Treatment?
There may be a new treatment option on the horizon for mesothelioma patients whose cancer has come back again after… -
Surgery-Related Inflammation and Mesothelioma Outcomes
A team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania say they have come up with better way to measure the… -
Radiation for Mesothelioma: Could Proton Therapy Be the Answer?
Researchers at the Maryland Proton Therapy Treatment Center say a highly-targeted version of proton beam radiation could be the future… -
Legal | New Drugs | Research | Treatments
Experimental Mesothelioma Drugs and the New Right-to-Try Law
Legislation signed this week by President Trump could pave the way for mesothelioma patients to access promising experimental treatments—even years… -
Updated Guidelines Aim to Advance Mesothelioma Research
The criteria for measuring treatment response in malignant pleural mesothelioma is being revised—again. Researchers are hopeful that the new criteria… -
Immunotherapy Combo Shows Early Efficacy for Malignant Mesothelioma
AstraZeneca’s immunotherapy drug tremelimumab may still have a chance as a novel mesothelioma treatment, even though an international clinical trial… -
Europe | International | New Drugs | New Studies | Research | Treatments
Tea Leaf Cancer Treatment May Have Implications for Mesothelioma Patients
A new type of nanoparticle derived from green tea leaves has been shown to kill lung cancer cells and may… -
Asbestos | Europe | International | New Studies | Research
Study Highlights Risk of Malignant Mesothelioma From Naturally-Occurring Asbestos
A new study is shining a spotlight on the disturbing fact that you don’t have to have worked in an… -
Chemotherapy | New Studies | Research | Surgery | Treatments
Extending Mesothelioma Survival with Chemotherapy
In the continued quest to improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy treatment for malignant pleural mesothelioma, two new studies have been…
