Alternatives | Asbestos | Mesothelioma Breaking News | Prevention | Updates Mesothelioma Awareness Day Gets a Boost from Social Media ByAlex Strauss September 16, 2015March 16, 2017 Victims of mesothelioma and their families are being invited to make their voices and their stories heard on…
Chemotherapy | Glocal | International | Multi-Modality Therapy | New Drugs | New Studies | Research | Treatments | Updates Clinical Trial May be Best Second-Line Approach for Mesothelioma ByAlex Strauss September 15, 2015March 16, 2017 The best second-line treatment for mesothelioma patients who fail to respond to standard chemotherapy is probably to enroll in a…
Asbestos | Europe | International | Occupations | Statistics | Updates Peritoneal Mesothelioma Rates Higher in Italy’s Asbestos-Producing Regions ByAlex Strauss September 12, 2015March 16, 2017 Some Italian workers are paying a high price for Italy’s former position as the top European producer of asbestos. According…
Multi-Modality Therapy | Prognosis | Radiation Therapy | Statistics | Treatments | Updates Support for Three-Prolonged Mesothelioma Treatment Approach ByAlex Strauss September 10, 2015March 16, 2017 Three treatments are better than one when it comes to malignant pleural mesothelioma. That is the conclusion of a new study…
Australia | Chemotherapy | International | Mesothelioma | Multi-Modality Therapy | Prognosis | Surgery | Treatments | Updates More Experience Equals Better Outcomes for Peritoneal Mesothelioma ByAlex Strauss September 7, 2015March 16, 2017 Thanks to the combination mesothelioma treatment approach of cytoreductive surgery and perioperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy (PIC), the survival odds for patients…
Chemotherapy | Europe | International | Prognosis | Statistics | Surgery | Treatments | Updates 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…
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…
Updates Malignant Mesothelioma Registry May Open Treatment Doors for Patients ByAlex Strauss August 31, 2015November 23, 2019 It may soon be easier for mesothelioma patients to pinpoint the best treatment facilities and to access the highest level…
Asbestos | Europe | International | Occupations | Statistics | Updates Beyond Mesothelioma: Asbestos Linked to Digestive Cancers ByAlex Strauss August 29, 2015March 16, 2017 Scientists have long known that mesothelioma, an aggressive cancer that affects the membrane around organs, is not the only cancer…
Immune Systems | Immunotherapy | Multi-Modality Therapy | New Drugs | New Studies | Research | Treatments | Updates | Virus 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…