Europe | Immune Systems | International | New Studies | Research First-Line Keytruda Treatment May Support Longer Mesothelioma Survival ByAlex Strauss September 12, 2019 New data suggests first-line Keytruda treatment helps lung cancer patients more than chemotherapy – even if chemotherapy patients add Keytruda…
Biomarkers | Diagnosis | Europe | International | New Studies | Research Lung Cancer Blood Test: Can it Find Early Mesothelioma? ByAlex Strauss September 10, 2019September 11, 2019 Mesothelioma patients and their doctors may have reason to be optimistic about a new lung cancer blood test. A random…
Asia | Chemotherapy | Immunotherapy | International | Treatments Mesothelioma Tumor Response to Nivolumab Detailed in New Case Study ByAlex Strauss September 9, 2019 An Indian woman in still alive two years after a mesothelioma diagnosis thanks to a remarkable mesothelioma tumor response to…
Australia | Biomarkers | Diagnosis | International | Mesothelioma | New Techniques MicroRNA Signature for Mesothelioma Could Lead to Earlier Diagnosis ByAlex Strauss September 6, 2019September 6, 2019 Australian researchers believe they have identified what amounts to a microRNA signature for mesothelioma in pleural effusion. Pleural effusion is…
Europe | International | Statistics | Surgery | Treatments CRS/HIPEC Treatment Helps Double Survival Among Swedish Mesothelioma Patients ByAlex Strauss September 5, 2019 A new report suggests that CRS/HIPEC treatment has helped to double the odds of surviving peritoneal mesothelioma in Sweden. Researchers…
Immune Systems | Immunotherapy | Multi-Modality Therapy | Research | Treatments New Hope for Relapsed Pleural Mesothelioma? ByAlex Strauss September 2, 2019 There is new evidence that adding a drug called vorinostat to immunotherapy might help relapsed pleural mesothelioma patients. The new…
Chemotherapy | Europe | Immune Systems | Immunotherapy | International | Research | Treatments Effect of Chemotherapy on Immunotherapy for Mesothelioma ByAlex Strauss August 31, 2019 Belgian scientists say they are still not sure about the effect of chemotherapy on immunotherapy for mesothelioma. They reached that…
Multi-Modality Therapy | Radiation Therapy | Treatments IMRT for Mesothelioma: Barriers to Completing Treatment ByAlex Strauss August 28, 2019August 28, 2019 MD Anderson researchers say too many patients who might benefit from IMRT for mesothelioma never complete the treatment. The problem…
New Studies | Occupations | Research | Statistics Pleural Mesothelioma Rates Remain Stagnant As Survival Improves ByAlex Strauss August 26, 2019September 1, 2020 A new report shows pleural mesothelioma rates in the US have failed to decline as they were predicted to do,…
Alternatives | Europe | Holistic | International | New Studies | Research Curcumin Supplement Delays Mesothelioma Tumor Growth in Mice ByAlex Strauss August 23, 2019August 22, 2019 Italian researchers say a curcumin supplement containing a compound found in black pepper slowed the growth of mesothelioma tumors in…