Mesothelioma cells have a survival trick. When researchers exposed them to an experimental drug that targeted one of the cancer’s main growth switches, the…
Researchers in Japan have identified new chemical compounds derived from a fungus that showed the ability to kill mesothelioma cells in laboratory testing. The…
A new study from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is raising questions about who develops mesothelioma and why. Researchers identified 273 patients with pleural…
A new clinical trial at the University of Chicago is testing whether a smaller, symptom-focused surgery can help pleural mesothelioma patients maintain quality of…
A major clinical trial found that a blood test designed to catch cancer early didn’t significantly cut the number of late-stage diagnoses. Grail, the…
A new study out of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Center finds lung-sparing pleurectomy/decortication surgery…
Researchers are reporting promising advances for people with pleural mesothelioma who can have surgery. One tested immunotherapy given before and after surgery. The other…
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