Researchers Name Six Top Mesothelioma Survival Factors
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have named what they say are the top six mesothelioma survival factors. According to their new study, patients with one or more of these factors tend to have better mesothelioma treatment outcomes and live longer. Malignant mesothelioma – also called asbestos cancer – is one of the deadliest forms of cancer. It starts on internal membranes and spreads quickly. There is no cure and the disease is very hard to slow down. Many mesothelioma patients die within 12 to 18 months. But there are cases of much longer mesothelioma survival. Some patients have even lived for decades after mesothelioma treatment. The Pittsburgh researchers wanted to find the mesothelioma survival factors shared by the longest … Continue reading Researchers Name Six Top Mesothelioma Survival Factors
Chemotherapy for Mesothelioma May Work Better with TroVax
UK researchers say a cancer vaccine called Trovax has the potential to boost the power of chemotherapy for mesothelioma. Chemotherapy is the main treatment for malignant pleural mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is a cancer of the lung lining caused by asbestos exposure. It is very hard to treat. Even people who have chemotherapy for mesothelioma do not usually live more than two years after diagnosis. Mesothelioma researchers are always looking for ways to improve chemotherapy for mesothelioma. It is often combined with other treatments like surgery, radiation or immunotherapy. Now, scientists think adding TroVax to mesothelioma chemotherapy may be another good option. What is the TroVax Cancer Vaccine? The TroVax cancer vaccine is made by UK-based Oxford BioMedica. It contains an altered … Continue reading Chemotherapy for Mesothelioma May Work Better with TroVax
Faster Mesothelioma Chemotherapy Deemed “Safe and Feasible”
Researchers in The Netherlands say it may be possible to deliver faster mesothelioma chemotherapy without doing any additional damage to the kidneys. If they are right, it could make mesothelioma treatment more accessible and convenient for patients. Most malignant mesothelioma patients will have chemotherapy. The most common type of chemotherapy is by infusion. Each session takes several hours. Every mesothelioma patient undergoing chemotherapy faces the possibility of kidney damage. That possibility can even limit how much medicine doctors can use. But a new Dutch study finds that faster mesothelioma chemotherapy may be as safe for the kidneys as standard chemotherapy. Analyzing Faster Mesothelioma Chemotherapy The study included 230 lung cancer patients who had chemotherapy. Some of the study subjects had … Continue reading Faster Mesothelioma Chemotherapy Deemed “Safe and Feasible”
Mesothelioma Staging May be Easier with New Approach
Japanese researchers have introduced a new approach to mesothelioma staging. The new system may make it easier to plan treatment and predict mesothelioma prognosis. Tumor staging is a system for measuring how far cancer has spread in the body. It is based on what doctors know about how cancer develops and grows. The more places mesothelioma cells are, the more difficult the case is to treat. The TNM Staging System is the most widely used system for mesothelioma staging. The American Joint Committee on Cancer established the system. In the TNM system, T stands for the size of the primary mesothelioma tumor. N stands for the spread of cancer to the lymph nodes. M is about cancer spread to other … Continue reading Mesothelioma Staging May be Easier with New Approach
Mesothelioma Surgery PD Comparison
Lung-sparing surgery is another name for pleurectomy/decortication (PD). In PD, surgeons take out as much mesothelioma cancer as they can without taking out one of the lungs. The other main type of mesothelioma surgery is called EPP (extrapleural pneumonectomy). In that surgery, doctors do take out a lung when they take out the mesothelioma tumor. Some studies say patients who have PD surgery live longer than people who have EPP. They may also have fewer problems after surgery. What is the New Clinical Trial? Researchers in Belgium and The Netherlands are running a test called EORTC 1205. EORTC 1205 is a clinical trial. Clinical trials test new drugs or treatments to see how well they work in people. Right now, … Continue reading Mesothelioma Surgery PD Comparison
Ofev Fails to Boost Mesothelioma Survival in New Study
In the quest to develop new, more effective first-line treatments for malignant pleural mesothelioma, it now looks like Ofev (nintedanib) is out of the running. Phase III results of the LUME-Meso mesothelioma trial are in and they contain some disappointing news for mesothelioma patients and for the drug’s developer, Boehringer Ingelheim. The news is especially disappointing since the results of the Phase II portion of the trial, released last year, looked promising. At that time, researchers reported a survival gain of more than 5 months among the Ofev-treated mesothelioma patients and progression-free survival of four months. But further research did not support those results, as investigators announced to the world’s lung cancer experts at the IASLC 19th World Lung Cancer … Continue reading Ofev Fails to Boost Mesothelioma Survival in New Study
Old Drug May Breath New Life Into Mesothelioma Radiotherapy
Researchers at the University of Ohio may have found a way to make radiation therapy more effective for people with mesothelioma and other types of solid tumors. They’re using a muscle relaxant approved in the 1800s to increase the level of oxygen in cancer cells and make them more susceptible to the damaging effects of radiation. The research could have wide-ranging implications, especially for patients fighting treatment-resistant malignancies like pleural mesothelioma. The Limitations of Radiation for Pleural Mesothelioma Mesothelioma is a fast-growing cancer associated with asbestos exposure that occurs on the membranes around internal organs. Although the irregular shape and tricky location of mesothelioma tumors can make them difficult to treat with radiotherapy, advanced targeting techniques are making it more … Continue reading Old Drug May Breath New Life Into Mesothelioma Radiotherapy
New Study Points to Benefits of IMRT for Mesothelioma Treatment
There is more evidence that mesothelioma patients who have lung sparing surgery can live longer if it’s followed up with highly targeted radiation therapy. In the first study to come out of Israel on the subject, a team of oncologists, pulmonologists, radiation oncologists, and thoracic surgeons at Rabin Medicine Center in Petah Tikva say intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is safe and effective for slowing down the growth of pleural mesothelioma tumors. The Challenge of Radiotherapy for Mesothelioma The irregularity of malignant mesothelioma tumors makes them difficult to treat with standard external beam radiotherapy without damaging healthy tissue and causing serious side effects. This is particularly problematic in patients who still have both lungs, either because they were not good … Continue reading New Study Points to Benefits of IMRT for Mesothelioma Treatment
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
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