Treatment & Doctors
Mesothelioma Researchers Seek More Effectiveness from Immunotherapy
- by Tim Povtak
- Treatment & Doctors
- Jan 17, 2019
Novel immunotherapy drugs may be working well for some patients with mesothelioma, but not enough to satisfy Dr. Raffit Hassan at the National Cancer Institute. It’s not even close…
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Congress Funds Feasibility Study for Mesothelioma Patient Registry
- by Tim Povtak
- Treatment & Doctors
- Jan 15, 2019
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health will oversee a study in 2019 to determine the feasibility of establishing the first national mesothelioma patient registry. The $100,000 feasibility study…
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Mesothelioma Symposium Brings Specialists and Survivors Together
- by Matt Mauney
- Treatment & Doctors
- Jan 9, 2019
Some of the nation’s top mesothelioma specialists are scheduled to share their expertise at the 2019 International Symposium on Malignant Mesothelioma. The event, organized by the Mesothelioma Applied…
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Debate Continues on When Best to Use Mesothelioma Chemotherapy
- by Tim Povtak
- Treatment & Doctors
- Jan 3, 2019
Oncologists have debated for years whether standard chemotherapy delivered before or after aggressive surgery is more effective in treating patients with mesothelioma. The debate isn’t ending anytime soon. The…
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Alimta-Related Skin Reactions with and Without Oral Steroids
- by Suzanne Dixon
- Treatment & Doctors
- Nov 5, 2018
Researchers from the University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center have published data suggesting oral steroids prior to chemotherapy — to reduce skin reactions — may not be necessary.
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Radiation Could Make Mesothelioma Immunotherapy More Effective
- by Tim Povtak
- Treatment & Doctors
- Nov 2, 2018
Doctors at the Princess Margaret Cancer Center in Toronto are studying the use of hypofractionated radiation to increase the effectiveness of immunotherapy for patients with mesothelioma. They are expected to…
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Study Highlights Surgery Benefits of P/D over EPP for Mesothelioma
- by Tim Povtak
- Treatment & Doctors
- Oct 19, 2018
Mesothelioma patients undergoing an extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP) are twice as likely to die within 30 days — or experience serious complications — than those opting for the pleurectomy and decortication…
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Brooklyn Opens Its Mesothelioma Specialty Center
- by Tim Povtak
- Treatment & Doctors
- Oct 8, 2018
Mesothelioma patients from Brooklyn won’t need to travel far from home anymore to receive specialized care for this rare and aggressive cancer. The Brooklyn Mesothelioma Center has opened. Maimonides Medical…
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Review Highlights Better Targets for Mesothelioma Therapy
- by Suzanne Dixon
- Treatment & Doctors
- Oct 4, 2018
A review on targeted therapies for malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) provides fresh insight into why this cancer is so difficult to treat and ideas for improving outcomes. “Despite more than…
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CAR T-Cell Therapy May ‘Change the Paradigm of Treating Mesothelioma’
- by Tim Povtak
- Treatment & Doctors
- Oct 1, 2018
Thoracic surgeon and scientist Dr. Prasad Adusumilli at Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center believes customized gene therapy will soon change the way pleural mesothelioma is treated. Adusumilli, director of…
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