Updates

Asbestos | Glocal | International | Occupations | Prevention | Updates

Brief, Indirect Exposure Leads to Mesothelioma in Young Woman
ByAlex Strauss August 29, 2014March 20, 2019

A new report contains some disturbing news about just how little asbestos exposure it may take to cause malignant mesothelioma.…

Read More Brief, Indirect Exposure Leads to Mesothelioma in Young Woman
Chemotherapy | Europe | International | Prognosis | Treatments | Updates

Mesothelioma Survival: Treatment Response May Not Be the Best Predictor
ByAlex Strauss August 27, 2014June 16, 2019

How long it takes for a person’s mesothelioma to start growing again after chemotherapy may be a better indicator of…

Read More Mesothelioma Survival: Treatment Response May Not Be the Best Predictor
Chemotherapy | Prognosis | Treatments | Updates

Sodium Levels Predict Mesothelioma Survival
ByAlex Strauss August 25, 2014July 9, 2019

Italian oncologists say an electrolyte imbalance called hyponatraemia could be a valuable way to predict treatment response in malignant pleural…

Read More Sodium Levels Predict Mesothelioma Survival
Asia | Diagnosis | International | New Techniques | Updates

Light-based Diagnostic Tool May Find Early Mesothelioma
ByAlex Strauss August 24, 2014March 24, 2019

Cancer researchers in Japan say technology that uses fluorescent light to detect cancer cells could be used to help find…

Read More Light-based Diagnostic Tool May Find Early Mesothelioma
Updates

IMRT for Mesothelioma: Experience Impacts Outcomes
ByAlex Strauss August 21, 2014May 20, 2019

A medical center’s level of experience with intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) can have a significant impact on the outcomes…

Read More IMRT for Mesothelioma: Experience Impacts Outcomes
Australia | Biological Therapy | International | Mesothelioma | Research | Treatments | Updates | Vaccine

Australian Doctors Use Bacteria to Shrink Mesothelioma Tumors
ByAlex Strauss August 19, 2014March 20, 2019

Could bacteria responsible for problems ranging from sinusitis to food poisoning be used as a weapon in the fight against…

Read More Australian Doctors Use Bacteria to Shrink Mesothelioma Tumors
Updates

Immune-Stimulating Vaccine “Cures” Mesothelioma in Mice
ByAlex Strauss August 17, 2014May 20, 2019

Researchers from Hong Kong claim to have found a way eradicate mesothelioma in mice using a DNA vaccine. Microbiologists at…

Read More Immune-Stimulating Vaccine “Cures” Mesothelioma in Mice
Chemotherapy | Multi-Modality Therapy | New Studies | Research | Surgery | Treatments | Updates

Repeat CRS/HIPEC Improves Survival for Peritoneal Mesothelioma
ByAlex Strauss August 15, 2014July 9, 2019

One of the country’s top peritoneal mesothelioma surgeons has just published a study that may be good news for patients…

Read More Repeat CRS/HIPEC Improves Survival for Peritoneal Mesothelioma
Multi-Modality Therapy | New Studies | Research | Surgery | Treatments | Updates

Study Defends Use of Radical Surgery for Mesothelioma
ByAlex Strauss August 12, 2014July 9, 2019

A new study says the controversial extrapleural pneumonectomy procedure for mesothelioma can be performed with “acceptable morbidity and mortality”, as…

Read More Study Defends Use of Radical Surgery for Mesothelioma
Updates

Can Statins Enhance Mesothelioma Treatment?
ByAlex Strauss August 9, 2014August 26, 2019

The cholesterol-lowering drug simvastatin may boost the cancer-killing power of the mesothelioma drug pemetrexed. That news, released by a team…

Read More Can Statins Enhance Mesothelioma Treatment?

Get your free copy of

“Surviving Mesothelioma” Today

Get Your Free Copy »