“On behalf of the Mesothelioma Program at the University of Chicago Medicine, I want to thank you for your generous partnership,” Johnston said in her letter to our sponsor Kazan Law. “Thanks to supporters like you, our investigators are advancing mesothelioma research and improving therapeutic and preventative strategies to treat the patients for whom we all care so deeply.” Six new scientific mesothelioma clinical trials will be launched in the next six months by the University of Chicago’s School of Medicine’s Mesothelioma Program. The university mesothelioma program was able to secure … [Read more...]
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New Mesothelioma Vaccine Treatment Study Now Recruiting
Vaccines are hot in cancer research right now and a mesothelioma vaccine treatment is part of this new scientific effort. We’ve found a new mesothelioma vaccine treatment study now recruiting participants. The study is under the auspices of the federal government’s prestigious National Cancer Institute headquartered outside of Washington D.C. in Bethesda, MD and simultaneously being conducted at top cancer centers across the United States. One of them is the Comprehensive Cancer Care Center at the University of California San Francisco. Most of the vaccines we get throughout our lives seek … [Read more...]
Mesothelioma Clinical Trial Volunteers Needed To Test New Radiation Technique
The limitations of mesothelioma treatment understandably frustrates and upsets mesothelioma patients and their families. What if you could try a new experimental treatment that holds out promise? Would you try a mesothelioma clinical trial? What if there were risks involved? Would it still be worth taking a chance? In a classic science fiction story “Flowers for Algernon” a developmentally disabled man tries an experimental treatment that turns him into a genius. He is able to do scientific research, falls in love and is happy. Then he notices that a laboratory mouse who received the same … [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...]
Mesothelioma Diagnosis – The National Cancer Institute Needs Your Tissue Samples Now
When you’ve received a mesothelioma diagnosis, it is hard to come to terms with what is happening. Getting that mesothelioma diagnosis challenges you to try to find some meaning in all of it. There are many ways to do that. But one clear way is to put that mesothelioma diagnosis to work by helping to advance scientific knowledge of the disease. Because it is only through accurate unbiased scientific knowledge that mesothelioma can be prevented, treated and maybe even someday cured. To study mesothelioma and get meaningful results requires studying someone with a mesothelioma diagnosis. And … [Read more...]
Mesothelioma Studies: Telling the Good from the Bad
If you or someone you love has been newly diagnosed with mesothelioma, you're probably on the hunt for as much information as you can find. Fortunately, whether we're talking about mesothelioma studies, treatment, financial resources, litigation advice or caregiving tips, there are plenty of mesothelioma resources out there. In fact, there's a glut of information on the web. The problem with that is that not all tidbits of knowledge are reliable. This is also true for scientific mesothelioma studies, particularly if they were sponsored by the asbestos lobby. So how can you tell reliable … [Read more...]
Better Drug Treatments Now Available for Mesothelioma Patients
Although some individuals who have been diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma may make good candidates for surgery, others may be at a stage in the disease that is too advanced for this remedy. Instead, these patients may undergo radiation treatments or chemotherapy. However, whether we are talking about surgery, radiation or chemotherapy, none of these approaches is likely to completely cure someone of mesothelioma. This fact underscores the need for more effective medications. At Mesothelioma Circle, we always welcome any positive news on the scientific front. One analysis recently … [Read more...]