What does mesothelioma treatment have in common with the poem that begins “Oh to be in England, now that April’s there?” Basically the fact that it’s April and there’s a very interesting mesothelioma treatment clinical trial underway in England that is now recruiting participants. The clinical trial is being done at the Experimental Cancer Medicine Center of the Sheffield Teaching Hospital in Sheffield, a city in South Yorkshire 144 miles from London. What makes this clinical trial interesting is the novel approach to mesothelioma treatment. The researchers are testing using a catheter to … [Read more...]
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Spinal Procedure May Offer Malignant Mesothelioma Pain Relief
One of the worst parts of malignant mesothelioma is the physical pain it brings. It is tragic that malignant mesothelioma cuts life short. The tragedy is compounded when severe physical pain interferes with daily living and prevents the full enjoyment of the time that remains. Mesothelioma pain is draining, distracting and just plain awful. Now there is new evidence that a spinal procedure may provide pain relief for malignant mesothelioma patients. Called cordotomy, it is a surgical procedure that disables selected pain-conducting pathways in the spinal cord, in order to eliminate … [Read more...]
Low Participation in Clinical Trials May Threaten Progress on New Mesothelioma Treatments
Discovery of new and better malignant mesothelioma treatments that could lessen the impact of the disease and even increase life expectancy is the hope of all mesothelioma patients and their families. At present the options for malignant mesothelioma treatments are limited. Medical research to improve and expand malignant mesothelioma treatment remains crucial. So it was startling to read in an Associated Press article that there’s a crisis in cancer research because researchers can’t get enough people to test new treatments. One of every 10 clinical trials for adults with cancer ends … [Read more...]
Researchers Find Ways to Counter Under-Reporting of Mesothelioma Deaths
For families losing a loved one to malignant mesothelioma, the loss overshadows their universe. And many Kazan Law clients use part of the settlement we win for them towards medical research to help prevent and find a cure for mesothelioma for others. Malignant mesothelioma understandably occupies a very large place in their lives. But in terms of the world of medical research, malignant mesothelioma is considered a less prevalent disease in sheer numbers compared to other diseases such as lung cancer or breast cancer. Therefore, mesothelioma may garner less research attention from medical … [Read more...]
How Massage Therapy Can Benefit Mesothelioma Patients
Living with malignant mesothelioma shouldn’t mean living without the simple pleasures life still can offer. If anything, living with malignant mesothelioma can make those simple pleasures all the more meaningful. And how very nice it is when medical science affirms that one of those pleasures – massage therapy - may actually be good for those living with cancer including malignant mesothelioma. Massage therapy used to be considered just a New Age touchy-feely indulgence but scientific research shows massage produces measurable health benefits. Some of these have just been assumed to carry … [Read more...]
American Cancer Society Releases New US Cancer Statistics
Malignant mesothelioma is a form of cancer that is 100% attributable to exposure to asbestos, a toxic material in industrial products. This year between 2,500 and 3,000 US citizens will be diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma. However, malignant mesothelioma, an unjust and devastating disease, is part of the big picture of cancer statistics in the United States. The American Cancer Society has just released its annual review of cancer statistics. Overall, they state that the death rate from cancer in the US has declined steadily during the past two decades. The cancer death rate for men … [Read more...]
New Antibody Treatment Shows Preliminary Promise in Malignant Mesothelioma Patients
A small but encouraging clinical study may hold some promise for patients coping with malignant mesothelioma that has not responded to chemotherapy treatment. The study was just reported in the October issue of the British medical journal The Lancet Oncology. One of the most exciting aspects of the study is the fact that it was done on human volunteers with malignant mesothelioma. Typically studies of this type use laboratory mice or fruit flies as study subjects making the applicability of the results to the human body uncertain. Less exciting is that the study size was relatively small … [Read more...]
Promising New Mesothelioma Treatment Shows Favorable Results in Lab Study
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...]