Researchers from MIT and Duke may have found a way to make chemotherapy treatments more effective. Chemotherapy is usually the first treatment that is used in people diagnosed with cancer. It can be helpful, but cancers can have different responses and resistances to it. This new research can help make[…]
Asbestos & Mesothelioma Studies
Extrapleural Pneumonectomy vs Pleurectomy and Decortication
There are different procedures to help those suffering from mesothelioma, including the extrapleural pneumonectomy and the combination of pleurectomy and decortication. Both procedures have their benefits and drawbacks, but doctors have not tested to see which procedure has a better outcome for patients. Both surgeries remove tumors from the patients’[…]
New Clinical Trial Testing Effectiveness of Immunotherapy and Chemotherapy Before Surgery
Mesothelioma, the cancer of the linings of different organs, but primarily the lungs, has a poor prognosis and survival rate for those who are diagnosed. Since there is no cure, treatments helping to extend people’s lives need to be tested. Clinical trials help doctors find new ways to treat mesothelioma[…]
CRISPR Could be used on Mesothelioma Patients Soon
Using CRISPR, scientists may be able to treat mesothelioma patients. They are testing the safety of CRISPR on cancer patients, and this could have large effects on future patients including those suffering from mesothelioma. CRISPR gene editing is a technique created by scientists that mimics the way bacteria cells defend[…]
There is a Possible New Way to Diagnose Pleural Mesothelioma
Researchers have possibly found a less invasive way to diagnose pleural mesothelioma. By looking at the patient’s medical history and using CT scans, researchers at the Universite Laval in Quebec have found that imaging technology can be used potentially to benefit very sick patients. Doctors have never been able to[…]
First FDA Approved Mesothelioma Treatment in 15 Years to be Used Soon
A new cancer treatment using electricity has been approved for use in mesothelioma patients. The NovoTTF-100L uses Tumor Treating Fields, which are electric signals tuned to a specific frequency, to disrupt cancerous cell division. The fields are applied to the patient with adhesive bandages and are used for at least[…]
CAR T-Cell Therapy Could Soon be used on Mesothelioma Patients
An immunotherapy treatment that utilizes T cells to fight cancer may soon be covered by Medicare for mesothelioma patients. Immunotherapy is still an emerging set of cancer treatments that utilizes the patient’s own immune system to fight and kill cancer cells. The specific treatment that uses T cells is called[…]
MicroRNA Could be used to Quickly Diagnose Mesothelioma
Biomarkers are measureable substances that indicate if someone has a disease. Doctors and researchers are able to find different substances within a person’s body and deduce that the person has a specific type of cancer. Researchers have found a relatively new biomarker called microRNA, which could possibly be used to[…]
Mesothelioma Diagnosis Rates Have Remained Stable even though Mesothelioma Survival has Improved
It was found that the number of pleural mesothelioma diagnoses has stayed the same, while the survival rate for people with the disease has slightly improved. Once asbestos was not used as much because of multiple regulations, the number of diagnoses of mesothelioma was predicted to go down. Instead, the[…]
Dendritic Cell Therapy Could be used to Treat Mesothelioma
Immunotherapy is a blossoming field that is becoming more advanced. Instead of other treatments that kill healthy cells in addition to killing cancerous cells, immunotherapy uses the body’s immune system to fight cancer cells, leaving healthy non-cancerous cells intact. It is a better treatment because it is very effective, more[…]
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