Chemotherapy | Surgery | Treatments | Updates
Mesothelioma Drug Side Effect Relieved by Surgery
A team of plastic surgeons in New York have had good luck dealing with one of the bothersome side effects…
Chemotherapy | Surgery | Treatments | Updates
Platinum Drug Beats Antibiotic for Peritoneal Mesothelioma Treatment
A team of surgeons in Nebraska have determined what they say is the best chemotherapy drug to pair with surgery…
Surgery | Treatments | Updates
Mesothelioma Survival Impacted by Lack of Surgery
A team of surgical oncologists say failure to treat peritoneal mesothelioma with surgery is costing too many patients their lives.…
Surgery | Treatments | Updates
Radical Surgery Outcomes Better in Women
Women with epithelial mesothelioma who receive induction chemotherapy prior to surgery have the highest chance of benefitting from the radical…
Surgery | Treatments | Updates
Study Finds Higher Risk with Mesothelioma EPP Surgery
Yet another team of researchers is weighing in on the ongoing debate over the different kinds of surgery for malignant…
Surgery | Treatments | Updates
Mesothelioma Surgery Debate: Experience is the Answer
A pair of researchers in the UK say a cancer center’s level of experience in dealing with mesothelioma may be…
Surgery | Treatments | Updates
Long Term Survival Possible with CRS/HIPEC for Mesothelioma
There’s hopeful news for peritoneal mesothelioma patients facing the prospect of surgery. A new study on the benefits of cytoreductive…
Surgery | Treatments | Updates
Repeat HIPEC Improves Mesothelioma Survival
If one cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC procedure for mesothelioma is good, subsequent treatments may be even better. That is the…
Surgery | Treatments | Updates
Value of Mesothelioma Surgery Challenged for Healthy Patients
New research conducted in Italy and presented at the 15th World Conference on Lung Cancer in Sydney, Australia suggests that…
Surgery | Treatments | Updates
Mesothelioma Surgery May Have Added Benefit
Cancer researchers at Wake Forest University have found another benefit to the cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC)…