Chemotherapy

Invaluable information on chemotherapy for mesothelioma victims. Recent tests show it may not always be the best approach. Learn your options.

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Mesothelioma Prognosis: Some Markers More Useful than Others
ByAlex Strauss March 16, 2015March 25, 2019

Deciding which treatments to try and determining whether they are working are two of the biggest challenges for patients with…

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New Delivery System May Make Popular Mesothelioma Drug More Effective
ByAlex Strauss March 13, 2015March 26, 2019

There is new evidence that an advanced method of delivering medicine directly into diseased cells could help make the world’s…

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Mesothelioma Patients Live Longer with Multimodal Treatment
ByAlex Strauss March 5, 2015March 25, 2019

Another new study has confirmed that a multimodal approach – in which multiple treatments are used together – is the…

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Refining CRS-HIPEC for Peritoneal Mesothelioma
ByAlex Strauss February 17, 2015March 26, 2019

Three new international studies are helping to refine a treatment for peritoneal mesothelioma that involves rinsing the body cavity…

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Light-Based Therapy Leads to Longer Survival in Korean Mesothelioma Patient
ByAlex Strauss February 10, 2015March 16, 2017

A newly-published case study is the latest to indicate that photodynamic therapy – a light-based method of treating cancer –…

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Mesothelioma Chemotherapy: Can Supplements Make it Safer?
ByAlex Strauss January 8, 2015March 25, 2019

Vitamin B12 and folic acid supplements are often given to mesothelioma patients who are on chemotherapy in an effort to…

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Mesothelioma Chemotherapy Side-Effect Mimics Scleroderma, Infection
ByAlex Strauss January 3, 2015April 2, 2019

The antifolate pemetrexed (Alimta) is the first and is only drug approved by the FDA specifically to treat malignant mesothelioma,…

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Induction Therapies Improve Mesothelioma Surgery Outcomes
ByAlex Strauss December 31, 2014March 24, 2019

An induction therapy is the first in a series of therapeutic measures, which, in the case of mesothelioma, may include…

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PET Supports Mesothelioma Diagnosis and Prognosis
ByAlex Strauss November 23, 2014March 26, 2019

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear medicine imaging technique that highlights metabolic activity in the body. PET scanning detects…

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Chemotherapy May be Underutilized for Mesothelioma
ByAlex Strauss November 17, 2014March 21, 2019

Doctors from the Asbestos Diseases Research Institute and Sydney Medical School reached their conclusions by comparing data on mesothelioma patients…

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Chemotherapy

Mesothelioma Prognosis: Some Markers More Useful than Others

New Delivery System May Make Popular Mesothelioma Drug More Effective

Mesothelioma Patients Live Longer with Multimodal Treatment

Refining CRS-HIPEC for Peritoneal Mesothelioma

Light-Based Therapy Leads to Longer Survival in Korean Mesothelioma Patient

Mesothelioma Chemotherapy: Can Supplements Make it Safer?

Mesothelioma Chemotherapy Side-Effect Mimics Scleroderma, Infection

Induction Therapies Improve Mesothelioma Surgery Outcomes

PET Supports Mesothelioma Diagnosis and Prognosis

Chemotherapy May be Underutilized for Mesothelioma

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