A research team that included scientists from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) recently announced a major breakthrough in immunotherapy gene editing. UCSF is one of the top medical schools in the country and is an important resource for mesothelioma patients because the UCSF Medical Center’s Thoracic Oncology Program includes specialists in malignant mesothelioma. Scientists are working on cancer treatments that leverage the human immune system in a number of ways. Treatments that involve immunotherapy gene editing have moved forward slowly, because this type of therapy was … [Read more...]
Lung Cancer Specialist Nurses Increase Patient Survival
When you think about your mesothelioma care team, you probably think about mesothelioma specialists, radiologists, pathologists, and other medical specialists with a background in mesothelioma care and oncology. Even though nurses are an integral member of your mesothelioma care team, they might not even make the list. Nurses are expected to step in and quietly be the glue that keeps a patient’s care together, without getting the credit they are due. A new study from the UK demonstrates the importance of lung cancer specialist nurses to improved patient outcomes. If the medical establishment … [Read more...]
Potential Mesothelioma Metastasis Treatment Goes to Clinical Trial
Mesothelioma metastasis occurs when the cancer forms new tumors in other parts of your body. It often means there has been a serious progression of the disease. A new clinical trial, A Safety and Tolerability Study of INCAGN02385 in Select Advanced Malignancies, will study whether a new immunotherapy drug can slow or reverse mesothelioma metastasis. The study is open to patients with more than a dozen forms of cancer, showing the promise of immunotherapy to reorganize the way cancer is treated. The effectiveness of many immunotherapy treatments may depend more on the way your cancer hides … [Read more...]
Mesothelioma Pain Management Guide
It’s important to pay attention to your mesothelioma pain. Acute mesothelioma pain can be debilitating. Chronic pain, even if it is not severe, is exhausting. Mesothelioma pain can keep you from activities, such as exercise, which help your body heal from surgery or chemotherapy. Depression can go hand in hand with mesothelioma pain, and that can reduce your resilience, as you fight mesothelioma. Not all mesothelioma patients experience pain, but statistics show that about a third of cancer patients experience pain due to their cancer or cancer treatment. When you understand your … [Read more...]
Clinical Trial of Olaparib for Mesothelioma
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) will soon begin to recruit patients for a study of treatment with olaparib for mesothelioma. The two-year Phase II clinical trial (identifier NCT03531840) will examine whether a drug that is approved for treatment of advanced ovarian cancer and breast cancer can also prevent tumor progression in mesothelioma patients. Olaparib is produced by AstraZeneca and is also known by its trade name, LYNPARZA. The potential usefulness of olaparib for mesothelioma comes down to genetic factors that may predispose some patients to certain cancers. Olaparib is … [Read more...]
Benefits of Exercise for Mesothelioma Patients
When you get a cold or the flu, you probably want to get in bed and stay there until you feel better. Rest and sleep are important when we are battling illnesses, including mesothelioma. But movement is also important. There are many benefits of exercise for mesothelioma patients. You don’t have to run a marathon (but you can if you feel like it). Gentle exercise for mesothelioma patients is a vital part of your treatment plan. Best of all, your workout can be one of your most positive experiences during mesothelioma treatment. The Upsides of Exercise for Mesothelioma Patients It’s hard … [Read more...]
Mesothelioma Biomarkers Could Make Early Diagnosis Routine
One of the complicating factors for many mesothelioma patients is that this rare and life-threatening form of cancer is difficult to diagnose. This can leave mesothelioma undetected until it has progressed to a later stage, when it is harder to treat. The symptoms of pleural mesothelioma overlap with other, more common illnesses, including lung cancer and pneumonia. To combat this problem, researchers in Italy are studying samples from pleural mesothelioma patients to develop a set of mesothelioma biomarkers that can be used for early diagnosis. The study on mesothelioma biomarkers is only … [Read more...]
Immunotherapy Clinical Trial Produces Revolutionary Results
Scientists are known for being cautious. They validate their results before going public with their research. They are wary of making promises they can’t keep. So you know that, when Laszlo G. Radvanyi of the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research calls immunotherapy clinical trial results “unprecedented” and states that this may lead to a “revolution” in cancer treatment, the research has found something big. The immunotherapy clinical trial results that got Dr. Radvanyi excited were for just one patient. Her recovery from late-stage metastatic breast cancer was so dramatic that researchers … [Read more...]
Spiritual Practices for Coping with Mesothelioma
If you are coping with mesothelioma, either as a patient or a caregiver, you know the daily challenges of dealing with the physical symptoms of this serious cancer and the side effects of mesothelioma treatment. Coping with mesothelioma takes an emotional toll as well; many patients grapple with anxiety and depression. Numerous studies have shown that one thing that often helps relieve both the physical and emotional pain of a mesothelioma diagnosis: spirituality. You don’t have to be religious to find relief in spiritual practices when you are coping with mesothelioma. What Are Spiritual … [Read more...]
Potential Breakthrough in Mesothelioma Tumor Research
Much recent research on how to stop a mesothelioma tumor, as well as other types of cancer with poor prognoses, has focused on immunotherapy. At present, mesothelioma immunotherapy treatments only help a small number of patients. But the result for those patients is so remarkable that scientists are scrambling to understand how to harness the power of immunotherapy to help more mesothelioma patients. A study that generated excitement at the 14th International Conference of the International Mesothelioma Group (iMig) looked at why one mesothelioma tumor will respond to immunotherapy … [Read more...]
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