Cell Nucleus a “Strong Predictor” of Mesothelioma Survival
A new study from one of the country’s leading cancer centers suggests that the nuclei of mesothelioma cells may hold vital clues for predicting patient survival. Mesothelioma is an aggressive type of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. Epithelioid mesothelioma is the most common subtype. Doctors often use the cancer’s stage – a measure of cancer extent and severity – to predict how well patients will respond to treatment. But now a group of scientific researchers from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in the U.S. and Kagawa University in Japan believe they have found an even more effective prognostic indicator – inside the nucleus of mesothelioma cells. To conduct their experiment, the researchers examined the slides of 232 patients who had been…