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…
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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…
