Mesothelioma Treatment Outcomes in a Low Volume Center
Is it safe to have cytoreductive surgery and intraoperative chemotherapy for mesothelioma in a center that does not do a…
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New Mesothelioma Treatment Approach Improving Survival
A new treatment protocol for malignant pleural mesothelioma has yielded what Canadian doctors are calling “encouraging” survival results. The approach… -
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Second Surgery May Prolong Mesothelioma Survival
There is new evidence that surgery may be the most effective type of second-line treatment for malignant pleural mesothelioma. First-line… -
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Trimodal Mesothelioma Treatment May Not Be Worth the Risk
Japanese researchers say trimodality treatment for mesothelioma that includes chemotherapy, extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP), and post-surgical radiation may not be beneficial enough… -
New Method Could Help Identify Best Candidates for Mesothelioma Surgery
Peritoneal mesothelioma patients with high levels of a certain protein may not be good candidates for mesothelioma surgery. Italian researchers… -
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Fighting Mesothelioma with Immunotherapy Drug Tremelimumab
A new study on the immunotherapy drug tremelimumab for the treatment of mesothelioma has some good news and some bad… -
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Radiation Treatment After Mesothelioma Surgery: Is it Worth It?
Radiotherapy after lung-removing mesothelioma surgery is not likely to improve mesothelioma survival or quality of life. European researchers reached that… -
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Predicting Peritoneal Mesothelioma Treatment Outcomes with Genetics
Researchers in Pennsylvania say they have come up with a new, more reliable way of predicting mesothelioma treatment response in… -
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Improving Mesothelioma Chemotherapy with New Drug Delivery Method
Delivering an encapsulated form of the chemotherapy drug pemetrexed (Alimta) directly into the pleural cavity where mesothelioma starts, may offer… -
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Promising Early Results from Mesothelioma Vaccine Trial
Researchers studying a new immunotherapy vaccine for mesothelioma have released early findings from an ongoing clinical trial and the results…
