A promising new mesothelioma treatment targeting only malignant cells showed favorable results in a preliminary study on laboratory mice, report researchers at the University of Vermont Medical College. If the results can be replicated in humans, this could be a significant step to a breakthrough therapy for this currently incurable asbestos-caused cancer. “Effective treatment of malignant mesothelioma remains an unmet clinical need,”[1] the study researchers state in their paper published this week in the online journal BMC-Cancer. With grant funding from the Mesothelioma Applied Research … [Read more...]
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Which Mesothelioma Treatment is Right for You?
After you or a loved one has been diagnosed with mesothelioma, you're probably eager to talk to your doctor about the best mesothelioma treatment options. That's understandable, but it's also important to remember that not all patients respond the same way to individual treatments. Surgery may sound attractive because of its ability to remove so much abnormal tissue, but not all people make good candidates for these operations. In these cases, chemotherapy may be the way to go. However, standard chemotherapy combination treatments of pemetrexed and cisplatin extend the average survival time … [Read more...]
Chemotherapy and Radiation Make a Powerful Combination in Mesothelioma Treatment
Being diagnosed with lung cancer or mesothelioma doesn't necessarily mean that there's a very specific treatment plan for your medical team to administer. Depending on the type and stage of your illness, your doctors may decide to shrink the tumors with chemotherapy, radiation or both. Usually, when your healthcare team decides to use a combination of these treatments, they're likely to administer them in different sessions that are widely spaced apart in time. However, CURE magazine recently highlighted the fact that a growing number of physicians are offering the different treatments at the … [Read more...]
Future Cancer Patients may be Matched with their Own Drugs
Chemotherapy is one of the most widely used mesothelioma treatment options. These medications target the DNA and other parts of cancer cells in order to make it more difficult for them to thrive and grow. Unfortunately, these drugs sometimes affect healthy cells in addition to diseased ones. When this happens, patients can start to feel side effects such as gastrointestinal problems and fatigue. Such complications may be avoided if doctors have a more effective system that allows them to tailor the medications they prescribe to individual patients. At Mesothelioma Circle, we love sharing … [Read more...]