Calling this number connects you with a Patient Advocate at The Mesothelioma Center, the nation's most trusted mesothelioma resource.
Our Patient Advocates can help guide you or your loved one through the steps to take after a mesothelioma diagnosis. Our team has a combined experience of more than 30 years in assisting cancer patients, and includes a medical doctor, an oncology registered nurse and a U.S. Navy veteran.
Young student Jamie Menzies from Potton, England is launching a bike tour that travels across Europe to raise money for a local hospital's charity in honor of his father, who was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma in November 2010.
Chemotherapy is one of three commonly used treatments for mesothelioma. Typically used in conjunction with debulking surgery and/or radiation therapy, chemotherapy can increase the likelihood that all cancerous cells have been destroyed.
As an established carcinogen, asbestos poses a number of serious health risks. While it is a prominent factor in asbestosis, one of the most aggressive illnesses associated with the mineral is pleural mesothelioma, a cancer that develops in the lining of the lungs.
A recent study exploring the effects of radiotherapy alone or in conjunction with chemotherapy as post-surgical treatment reveals that survival rates, especially in Stage II patients, are improved by a multimodal approach involving radiotherapy.
