Multi-Modality Therapy | Radiation Therapy | Treatments Proton Therapy for Mesothelioma: A Safer Radiation Treatment? ByAlex Strauss January 27, 2018January 27, 2018 The idea that proton therapy may be a safer alternative to radiotherapy for the asbestos-linked cancer malignant pleural mesothelioma is…
Chemotherapy | Europe | Holistic | International | New Studies | Research | Treatments Managing Taste and Smell Changes During Mesothelioma Treatment ByAlex Strauss January 24, 2018 If you are a mesothelioma patient dealing with changes in how you taste or smell your food, you are not…
Multi-Modality Therapy | New Studies | Prognosis | Research | Statistics | Surgery | Treatments Pleural Mesothelioma Treatment Disparities Seen in Lung Cancer Patients, Too ByAlex Strauss January 21, 2018 A new study on treatment disparities among lung cancer patients reflects a trend that has been documented among mesothelioma patients,…
New Studies | Prognosis | Research | Surgery | Symptoms | Treatments Mesothelioma Survival After Talc Pleurodesis ByAlex Strauss January 21, 2018 Pleural mesothelioma patients considering pleurodesis for excess lung fluid should know that there is very little data on how this…
Chemotherapy | Immunotherapy | Mesothelioma Breaking News | New Studies | Research | Treatments Another Win for Mesothelioma Immunotherapy Drug Keytruda ByAlex Strauss January 16, 2018 There has been another win for one of the most promising new drugs for mesothelioma, the immunotherapy drug Keytruda (pembrolizumab).…
Alternatives | Europe | Holistic | International | New Drugs | Treatments Long-Term Mesothelioma Survival with Mistletoe Extract ByAlex Strauss January 13, 2018 Mesothelioma researchers are calling for more study of compounds extracted from European mistletoe after a German pleural mesothelioma patient survived…
Europe | International | Multi-Modality Therapy | New Studies | Research | Treatments Radical Multi-Modal Mesothelioma Treatment: Is it Worth It? ByAlex Strauss January 10, 2018 A team of Egyptian researchers is calling on mesothelioma doctors and patients to rethink their approach to treating this aggressive,…
Alternatives | Europe | International | New Studies | Prevention | Research Could Tanning Beds Help Prevent Mesothelioma? ByAlex Strauss January 7, 2018 Italian researchers have released a controversial report suggesting that, despite the fact that tanning beds have been associated with an…
Alternatives | Asia | International | New Drugs | New Studies | Research | Treatments Bullfrog Eggs May Hold the Secret to Mesothelioma Survival ByAlex Strauss January 5, 2018 Researchers in Japan believe they may have discovered a new and more effective drug for the intractable asbestos cancer, malignant…
Asia | Chemotherapy | International | New Studies | Prognosis | Radiation Therapy | Research | Surgery | Treatments Predicting Mesothelioma Survival: A New Model ByAlex Strauss January 2, 2018January 2, 2018 Could a geometric diagram hold the key to predicting the treatment outcomes of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma? A team…