Cancer patients swallowing dysfunction also known as dysphagia is often associated with mesothelioma. It can be a symptom of mesothelioma itself, especially in pleural mesothelioma. Cancer patients swallowing dysfunction can also be a side effect from radiation and chemotherapy treatments. Help Managing Cancer Patients Swallowing Dysfunction To help manage cancer patients swallowing dysfunction, it is important to be very specific in describing symptoms. Does food feel like it is getting stuck in the chest or the throat? Or is it painful to swallow? The symptoms can help an oncologist help try … [Read more...]
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Progression-Free Mesothelioma Survival Study Recruiting Patients
Progression-free mesothelioma survival – living with the disease without it becoming worse - remains an elusive goal but that doesn’t mean it is an impossible goal. Top scientific researchers all over the world continue to work towards finding a way to promise progression-free mesothelioma but it remains a matter of experimental trial and error. Clinical trial and error to be exact. You can choose to be part of this process. On the first Monday of every month we provide you with a National Institutes of Health(NIH)/ National Cancer Institute (NCI)-approved clinical trial that is actively … [Read more...]
Mesothelioma Expert Questions Mesothelioma Surgery
Mesothelioma surgery remains one of the few treatment options open to mesothelioma patients at present. The possibility of mesothelioma surgery may offer hope for a longer life and hope is in itself important. So it is with great reluctance that I report to you on the opinion of a mesothelioma expert who questions having mesothelioma surgery. Whether you agree with his opinion or not is up to you and your physician. But because his comments were published in The Lancet, one of the world’s most important medical journals, and then republished in Oncology Update and other medical publications, … [Read more...]
Early Mesothelioma Diagnosis A Possibility
Early diagnosis for mesothelioma when the lethal disease may still be curable could become a reality in the next few years by further development of a device that can “sniff” lung cancer. The diagnostic device, an Israeli invention, uses nano technology to detect the presence of even early stage lung cancer in exhaled breath. The device could be a life-saver soon, and may prove useful for early mesothelioma diagnosis. The inventor Hossam Haick, a professor at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology’s Department of Chemical Engineering, told reporters that he was inspired to create the device … [Read more...]
Sun Safety Tips for Mesothelioma Patients
For mesothelioma patients, warmer weather and sunshine can bring much cherished time outdoors. Whether a picnic or barbecue with family and friends or just a chance to sit in a garden or park, it is a time to enjoy the contentment of being surrounded by nature. But mesothelioma patients need to take extra precautions when soaking up the sun and have to be extra vigilant about monitoring their sun exposure. For anyone undergoing cancer treatment, not just mesothelioma patients, too much sun may be unsafe. According to the American Society of Clinical Oncology, intense sun exposure may further … [Read more...]
6 Things a Mesothelioma Patient Should Do Before Leaving the Hospital
What are the best things you can do as a mesothelioma patient to get ready to leave the hospital after surgery? The transition from the hospital back to home can seem abrupt and overwhelming to you as a mesothelioma patient especially if the next steps aren’t clear. More than a third of all hospital patients fail to get needed follow-up care once they get home, according to Consumer Reports. To prevent that from happening to you, here are six steps they recommend to take as you prepare for your hospital discharge: 1. See a discharge planner. Try to do this at least a day before you leave … [Read more...]
6 Ways for Mesothelioma Patient to Manage Your Hospital Stay
Any time spent in the hospital when you are a mesothelioma patient is too much. Time is precious and you want to spend as much of it as possible enjoying it however you choose. Being in the hospital is probably not up there on your list. But here, recommended by Consumer Reports, are some things you can do to try to make sure you’re not in the hospital longer than you need to be. And remember, speak up. As a mesothelioma patient you are entitled to make every day count! (For more tips, see 7 Steps to Take Before Your Mesothelioma Surgery) Find out who's in charge. Your admitting doctor … [Read more...]
7 Steps to Take Before Your Mesothelioma Surgery
Mesothelioma surgery, whether involving partial removal or (pleurectomy decortication) entire removal of the affected lining (pleurectomy decortication) of the lungs, remains one of the current treatment options for mesothelioma. That means coping with a hospital stay for mesothelioma patients – and their families. Recovering from mesothelioma surgery doesn’t make it any easier to decipher what’s going on at the hospital. But your well-being depends on doing just that. Being prepared ahead of time can help. Before You Go to the Hospital: 1. Review Hospital Ratings. Read up on hospital … [Read more...]
Nail Care Tips for Managing Chemotherapy Side Effects
For most mesothelioma patients, chemotherapy is going to be in the picture. Just as chemotherapy affects your hair because of the rapidly dividing hair follicle cells, chemotherapy side effects also changes your nails. Frequently, mesothelioma patients may have to cope with chemotherapy side effects such as brittle nails or nail loss while undergoing chemotherapy. So are there any good tips for managing changes to nails during chemotherapy? Yes. Here are some of the best practices tips we’ve found in the journal Oncology Nurse Advisor and other cancer patient resources for helping to prevent … [Read more...]
How Lack of Sleep May Influence Mesothelioma and Other Cancers
Living with mesothelioma is stressful. Stress is one of many factors that can disrupt sleep. And if you are coping with mesothelioma, you need your sleep. But lack of sleep may have adverse effects beyond just making you feel crabby. It may spike tumor growth. A groundbreaking study on the effect of interrupted sleep on tumor growth recently was published in the Journal of Cancer Research. Dr. Fahed Hakim and his research team at the University of Chicago experimented on two groups of mice. The control group was allowed to sleep normally. The other group was repeatedly wakened. After a week, … [Read more...]
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