Alternatives | Europe | International | Radiation Therapy | Treatments Experimental Mesothelioma Therapy Shrinks Mouse Tumors by 80 Percent ByAlex Strauss May 10, 2018 An innovative approach to mesothelioma treatment being developed in Italy has produced results researchers call “very promising”. The treatment reduced…
Asbestos | New Studies | Occupations | Research Mesothelioma and Laboratory Pads ByAlex Strauss May 8, 2018May 9, 2018 Studies have shown that fibers of both chrysotile and tremolite asbestos were found in the air where laboratories pads have…
Chemotherapy | Europe | Immune Systems | Immunotherapy | International | Research | Treatments New Immunotherapy Drug Stops Mesothelioma in Half of Patients Tested ByAlex Strauss May 5, 2018May 5, 2018 The results are in on the Phase I/II trial of the mesothelioma drug ONCOS-102 and researchers say there is reason…
Diagnosis | New Studies | New Techniques | Research New Pill Could Make Mesothelioma Diagnosis Easier, More Accurate ByAlex Strauss May 2, 2018 A pill that makes cancer cells glow under infrared light may have the capacity to improve the diagnosis of malignant…
Alternatives | Europe | International | Multi-Modality Therapy | New Studies | Research | Treatments Prospects Good for New Electrical Field-based Mesothelioma Treatment ByAlex Strauss April 29, 2018 Prospects are looking good for a company that has developed a new kind of mesothelioma treatment based on electrical fields,…
Europe | International | Surgery | Treatments Minimally-Invasive CRS/HIPEC: Could it Revolutionize Mesothelioma Surgery? ByAlex Strauss April 27, 2018July 16, 2018 A new study out of Spain suggests that it might be possible to perform the surgery that has become the…
Europe | International | Surgery | Symptoms | Treatments Plasma-Based Surgery May Be Safer Alternative for Some Mesothelioma Patients ByAlex Strauss April 24, 2018 A minimally-invasive surgical technique that uses plasma energy to destroy diseased pleural tissue may be a safer alternative for mesothelioma…
Chemotherapy | Europe | International | New Studies | Research | Treatments “Spray On” Drugs May Be New Option for Peritoneal Mesothelioma Patients ByAlex Strauss April 23, 2018 A new, minimally-invasive way of delivering drugs right to the site of a tumor is being called “safe and feasible”…
Asbestos | Diagnosis | Europe | International | Occupations New Mesothelioma Study Compares Different Types of Asbestos Exposure ByAlex Strauss April 21, 2018 A new Turkish study is shining a spotlight on the role of environmental asbestos exposure in the development of malignant…
Alternatives | Immune Systems | Immunotherapy | New Drugs | Research | Treatments Mesothelioma Patients Recruited to Test Promising New Combo Drug ByAlex Strauss April 19, 2018 Patients with malignant mesothelioma who have not gotten better after chemotherapy are being invited to enroll in a clinical trial…