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Enzyme and Chemotherapy Combination for Mesothelioma
Pleural mesothelioma sufferers could improve their survival by as much as 30 percent when treated with the latest cancer enzyme and chemotherapy. In a recent study known as ATOMIC Meso,[…]
STAR-101 Could Make CAR T-Cell Therapy More Effective for Mesothelioma Patients
Early next year, a new clinical trial will be conducted to test an immunotherapy treatment that has a new and unique delivery system. The study will be conducted at the[…]
CARD is Performing Asbestos Screenings Throughout Montana
Asbestos exposure screenings are being performed in Libby, Montana. The Center for Asbestos Related Disease (CARD) is going around the state offering screenings to people who cannot or are not[…]
A Protein Could Make Chemotherapy More Effective on Mesothelioma
Mesothelioma is a rare cancer with a poor life expectancy. People diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma usually live for four to 18 months after diagnosis. The poor survival is a result[…]
Mesothelioma Specialty Centers Offer Better Care for Mesothelioma Patients
When mesothelioma patients are treated at mesothelioma specialty centers, they experience better care and survive longer. Kaiser Permanente Northern California Health System compared its performance before and after it transitioned[…]
Allocetra and Cisplatin Combination for Mesothelioma
A new immunotherapy treatment is showing promising results against mesothelioma. The therapy consists of a combination of two drugs: one drug that reprograms macrophages and the other is the chemotherapy[…]
Tool to Measure Asbestos Levels in Tissue has Been Created
A new tool to determine levels of asbestos exposure has been developed. The tool, created by Italian researchers, is known as a Retrospective Exposure Assessment (REA). The tool uses a[…]
Drug Factories Treatment Being Tested for Mesothelioma
Researchers have found a treatment that can eradicate advanced stage mesothelioma tumors within a few days. The research is being done at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine. The[…]
Keytruda as a Second Line Treatment for Mesothelioma
A new second line treatment has been developed for pleural mesothelioma. The treatment was created at the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam. Research was done as a single-arm, open-label clinical[…]
A New Blood Test That Can Diagnose Mesothelioma Has Been Developed
A blood test could make diagnosing mesothelioma faster, leading to doctors catching the disease earlier in patients. Mesothelioma is a hard-to-treat cancer mainly caused by asbestos. Once diagnosed, not much[…]