Surgery

Surgery is often a vital part of treating malignant mesothelioma, but there are many factors that determine what surgical options are available. Learn More.

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Therapy Before Mesothelioma Surgery: Which is Better?
ByAlex Strauss March 25, 2016March 16, 2017

Targeted radiotherapy may be just as safe a way to prepare people for radical mesothelioma surgery as chemotherapy and may…

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Reducing Complications in Radical Mesothelioma Surgery
ByAlex Strauss February 25, 2016March 16, 2017

A team of doctors in India have demonstrated how radical mesothelioma surgery may be made safer by managing body temperature…

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Blood Test Predicts Mesothelioma Surgery Outcomes
ByAlex Strauss January 22, 2016March 16, 2017

The medical community remains deeply divided over the risks and benefits of surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma, making the decision…

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Tumor Volume Helps Predict Mesothelioma Survival
ByAlex Strauss January 9, 2016March 16, 2017

The size of a mesothelioma tumor in terms of volume appears to have a direct impact on survival, according to…

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Best New Hope for Mesothelioma Diagnosis and Treatment in 2016
ByAlex Strauss January 6, 2016September 15, 2017

Living with malignant mesothelioma can be an emotional roller coaster. On one hand, the prognosis for mesothelioma patients remains relatively…

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Mesothelioma Survival Statistics From the SEER Database
ByAlex Strauss December 17, 2015March 16, 2017

A new analysis of the National Cancer Institute’s large SEER cancer database has some good news and some bad news…

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Mesothelioma Survival with Conservative Surgery
ByAlex Strauss December 11, 2015March 16, 2017

Yet another new study appears to support the idea that lung sparing pleurectomy/decortication surgery should be the preferred surgical approach…

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Mesothelioma Treatment Outcomes in a Low Volume Center
ByAlex Strauss December 9, 2015March 16, 2017

Is it safe to have cytoreductive surgery and intraoperative chemotherapy for mesothelioma in a center that does not do a…

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The Mesothelioma Surgery Debate: Is it Over?
ByAlex Strauss December 3, 2015March 16, 2017

One of the country’s top experts in mesothelioma treatment says, when it comes to surgery, the evidence points to better…

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New Mesothelioma Treatment Approach Improving Survival
ByAlex Strauss November 30, 2015March 16, 2017

A new treatment protocol for malignant pleural mesothelioma has yielded what Canadian doctors are calling “encouraging” survival results. The approach…

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Surgery

Therapy Before Mesothelioma Surgery: Which is Better?

Reducing Complications in Radical Mesothelioma Surgery

Blood Test Predicts Mesothelioma Surgery Outcomes

Tumor Volume Helps Predict Mesothelioma Survival

Best New Hope for Mesothelioma Diagnosis and Treatment in 2016

Mesothelioma Survival Statistics From the SEER Database

Mesothelioma Survival with Conservative Surgery

Mesothelioma Treatment Outcomes in a Low Volume Center

The Mesothelioma Surgery Debate: Is it Over?

New Mesothelioma Treatment Approach Improving Survival

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