Involving Patients in Mesothelioma Research
Involving patients and the public in mesothelioma research can help scientists to make meaningful breakthroughs. A group of researchers from…
Mesothelioma Surgery is Now Much Safer
Doctors have made huge improvements on a procedure called cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CRS/HIPEC). This is positive news…
New Mesothelioma Classification Selects Best Treatment
Scientists have come up with a new way to classify malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) that could help treatments to be…
Women with Mesothelioma Have Better Odds than Men
Women who are diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma usually have better odds of survival than men. This was one of…
Rare Mesothelioma Disease Combination
Doctors in Italy treated a patient who was diagnosed with both primary gastric Burkitt lymphoma (PGBL) and malignant pleural mesothelioma…
Allergic Reaction to Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is one of the treatment options for mesothelioma. The only FDA approved chemotherapy for mesothelioma is a combination of…
The Future of Mesothelioma Research
Mesothelioma is an aggressive cancer that isn’t researched as often as other types of cancer. A new study from the…
Diagnosing the Rarest Mesothelioma Type
Primary pericardial mesothelioma is the rarest type of mesothelioma. It can be hard to diagnose primary pericardial mesothelioma because it…
Testing 527 Cancer Drugs on Mesothelioma
A new study from Finland tested over 500 cancer drugs on malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) cells to find new treatments…
Mesothelioma Confused with Ovarian Cancer in Women
Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma can easily be confused with ovarian carcinoma in women. This was the case for a 55-year-old woman…