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Prognostic 'Score' May Help Pick Candidates for Mesothelioma Surgery
ByAlex Strauss September 5, 2015March 16, 2017

A team of Swiss doctors has proposed a method of “scoring” mesothelioma patients to determine which patients are the best…

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Multi-Modality Therapy | Statistics | Surgery | Treatments | Updates

Older Mesothelioma Patients Not Necessarily at HIgher Risk from Surgery
ByAlex Strauss September 3, 2015March 16, 2017

A new study from the University of Chicago has a positive message for older people with malignant pleural mesothelioma: Lung-sparing…

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Emerging Therapies Target Mesothelioma in New Ways
ByAlex Strauss August 27, 2015March 16, 2017

Targeted therapies may be the future of mesothelioma treatment. That word comes from a team of some of the world’s…

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Improving Mesothelioma Response to Chemotherapy
ByAlex Strauss August 26, 2015March 16, 2017

Most mesothelioma patients will undergo chemotherapy at some point, whether in preparation for surgery or as a treatment by itself.…

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Making Mesothelioma Cells More Susceptible to Chemotherapy
ByAlex Strauss August 22, 2015March 25, 2019

A potential new mesothelioma drug may have moved a step closer to gaining mainstream acceptance for use in sick patients.…

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Irish Physicians Frustrated by Inadequate Training for Mesothelioma Diagnosis
ByAlex Strauss August 18, 2015March 16, 2017

Do general pulmonologists have the training they need to diagnose an illness as rare and challenging as mesothelioma? There is…

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Asia | Genetics | International | Mesothelioma | New Drugs | Research | Treatments | Updates | Virus

Could a Virus-Delivered Gene Slow Mesothelioma Growth?
ByAlex Strauss August 11, 2015March 21, 2019

Researchers in Japan are enrolling mesothelioma patients into a trial to test whether blocking a growth signaling pathway inside mesothelioma cells…

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Europe | Immune Systems | International | Multi-Modality Therapy | New Drugs | New Studies | Research | Treatments | Updates

Kidney Cancer Drug Slows Mesothelioma Growth in Mice
ByAlex Strauss August 8, 2015March 24, 2019

A drug that has been shown to slow the growth of renal cell carcinoma may have moved a step closer…

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European Group Issues Updated Treatment Guidelines for Mesothelioma
ByAlex Strauss August 3, 2015March 23, 2019

A group of medical researchers has just released an updated set of clinical practice guidelines for treating patients with malignant…

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Australia | Chemotherapy | International | Mesothelioma | Multi-Modality Therapy | Prognosis | Surgery | Treatments | Updates

Extended Survival of Peritoneal Mesothelioma with Repeat Treatment
ByAlex Strauss August 2, 2015March 23, 2019

There is some good news on the research front for patients with recurrent peritoneal mesothelioma. Doctors at the University of…

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Treatments

Prognostic 'Score' May Help Pick Candidates for Mesothelioma Surgery

Older Mesothelioma Patients Not Necessarily at HIgher Risk from Surgery

Emerging Therapies Target Mesothelioma in New Ways

Improving Mesothelioma Response to Chemotherapy

Making Mesothelioma Cells More Susceptible to Chemotherapy

Irish Physicians Frustrated by Inadequate Training for Mesothelioma Diagnosis

Could a Virus-Delivered Gene Slow Mesothelioma Growth?

Kidney Cancer Drug Slows Mesothelioma Growth in Mice

European Group Issues Updated Treatment Guidelines for Mesothelioma

Extended Survival of Peritoneal Mesothelioma with Repeat Treatment

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