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Researchers are Targeting Fibrosis to Improve Mesothelioma Care
Researchers have found that targeting lung fibrosis can help people with mesothelioma. People with mesothelioma usually suffer from fibrosis, which is the stiffening of tissue surrounding tumors. Certain drugs to[…]
OT-101 Useful for COVID-19 and Cancers Like Mesothelioma
Researchers are looking at a new treatment for mesothelioma. It is a multimodal treatment (multiple treatments combined) consisting of the immunotherapy drug Keytruda and a new drug called OT-101. OT-101[…]
Prehab and Rehab for Mesothelioma
Mesothelioma is a rare and deadly cancer of the mesothelium, which is a membrane that surrounds multiple organs including the lungs and abdomen. The best thing for patients after a[…]
A Gene Therapy Could Improve Survival for Mesothelioma
Results from a new study involving a genetic therapy for pleural mesothelioma have been submitted at the University of Leicester. Researchers at the United Kingdom university designed a treatment to[…]
Tremelimumab and Durvalumab Combination Can Improve Mesothelioma Survival
Studies show that durvalumab and tremelimumab work very well together while treating mesothelioma. A phase I clinical trial was performed at the Baylor College of Medicine in conjunction with Baylor[…]
The immunotherapy Drug Bevacizumab Can Improve Survival in Mesothelioma Patients
An immune system boosting therapy could potentially be used to treat mesothelioma. For a long period of time, chemotherapy drugs have been the standard drug to fight mesothelioma, but researchers[…]
Glypican-1 Expression in Epithelioid Mesothelioma, Adenocarcinoma and SCC of the Lung
Primary outcome Measures evaluate the immunohistochemical expression of Glypican-1 in pleural epitheloid mesothelioma, lung adenocarcinoma and lung SCC [ Time Frame: 1 month ] Immunohistochemical study to correlate its expression with some known clinico-pathological[…]
Researchers are Studying the Mesothelioma Tumor Microenvironment
A new study is showing how the tumor microenvironment helps mesothelioma progress and survive in the body. Mesothelioma tumors create a complex microenvironment surrounding themselves. The microenvironment is simply the[…]
Different Levels of Pleurectomy and Decortication Surgery can Save Mesothelioma Patients’ Lives
Italian researchers believe that lung sparing surgery can improve survival in mesothelioma patients, even when surgeries are more conservative. Pleurectomy and decortication is the surgery that spares the lungs. It[…]
A Virus that Affects Goats Could Help Treat Mesothelioma
Mesothelioma, a cancer of the membrane that surrounds the lungs, abdomen, heart, and testicles is a very aggressive cancer. It spreads very quickly and when the tumors grow big enough,[…]
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