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...]
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Mesothelioma Survival Doubled By Radiation Before Surgery, New Study Reports
Mesothelioma survival is a top priority for all of us involved with this merciless disease. Increasing mesothelioma survival through new better treatments and prolonging the lives of mesothelioma patients is a hope we will not relinquish. That’s why we report to you on new published studies with promising results. An exciting new Canadian study found that treating mesothelioma with radiation before surgery resulted in a three-year survival rate - more than double the rate of treating with surgery first. The study included 25 patients with mesothelioma who underwent five days of radiation … [Read more...]
New Study Questions Surgery’s Role in Improving Survival For Mesothelioma Diagnosis
If you or a loved one has received a mesothelioma diagnosis, trying to beat the odds and live as long as possible with a mesothelioma diagnosis becomes of the utmost importance. That is understandable. One of the ways currently believed to possibly extend survival with a mesothelioma diagnosis is undergoing an extensive radical surgery procedure. Because mesothelioma is a cancer attacking the mesothelin cells lining the lungs, the surgical procedure involves either removing the lung, called extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP) surgery, or lung-sparing pleurectomy/decortication (P/D) surgery to … [Read more...]
4 Factors That Increase Mesothelioma Survival After Surgery
Trying to increase mesothelioma survival remains a goal for scientific researchers in laboratories but also for the medical practitioners who work with mesothelioma patients whether in the examining room or the surgical operating room. Everyone involved with this tragic disease wants to improve treatment options and expand mesothelioma survival to its fullest to help mesothelioma patients and their families enjoy every precious moment of life together that they can. One mesothelioma treatment option that is believed to help prolong mesothelioma survival is surgery. The aim of mesothelioma … [Read more...]