Orphan Drugs Increase for Mesothelioma
There is some good news for mesothelioma sufferers in a recent report from Thomson Reuters on the orphan drug market. According…
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Mesothelioma Risk Created by Careless Thieves
Some thieves in Massachusetts may end up paying with their lives for stealing copper pipes from abandoned buildings. That is… -
Long-Term Mesothelioma Survivor Used Heat and Chemotherapy
Patients and families struggling with malignant mesothelioma can take some encouragement from the case of a long-time mesothelioma survivor, published recently in… -
New Program May Predict Mesothelioma Radiotherapy Response
Doctors at a cancer research facility in Germany have recently tested a new way to help clinicians plan and predict… -
Town’s Asbestos and Mesothelioma Risk Subject of Study
University of Pennsylvania researchers have announced that they will use a $1.2 million National Institutes of Health grant to study… -
Genes Predict Mesothelioma Treatment Response
University of Chicago researchers have released the results of genetic studies they hope will shed some light on why some mesothelioma patients… -
New ‘Calculator’ May Help Guide Mesothelioma Treatment
An NIH study claims to have found a better way to predict treatment response and survival in peritoneal mesothelioma patients. The information… -
Neoadjuvant Chemo Combo May Improve Mesothelioma Survival
For treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma prior to surgery, one chemotherapy combination may be better than another. That is the central… -
Implantable Catheter May Provide Mesothelioma Symptom Relief
An implantable catheter that allows cancer patients to drain their own excess lung fluid at home may improve quality of… -
New Drug May Slow Spread of Mesothelioma
The first trials of a new drug for mesothelioma show it might be able to help slow the progression of the disease…
