Treatment & Doctors
Miami Cancer Institute Begins Using Novel Treatment for Mesothelioma
- by Tim Povtak
- Treatment & Doctors
- Nov 6, 2019
The Miami Cancer Institute on Thursday will begin using the innovative Tumor Treating Fields device for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. It is the first new treatment approved for…
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First Mesothelioma Patient Begins Newly Approved Treatment
- by Matt Mauney
- Treatment & Doctors
- Oct 1, 2019
A mesothelioma patient at West Cancer Center in Memphis, Tennessee, is the first in the country to use NovoTTF-100L, a noninvasive electric therapy treatment, since its approval by the U.S.
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Medicare Now Covers CAR T-Cell Therapy for Approved Cancers
- by Matt Mauney
- Treatment & Doctors
- Sep 19, 2019
A promising and expensive type of immunotherapy, called CAR T-cell therapy, is now covered by Medicare. This news may affect mesothelioma patients in the future. Chimeric antigen…
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MD Anderson Remains Top-Ranked Cancer Center
- by Tim Povtak
- Treatment & Doctors
- Aug 28, 2019
U.S. News & World Report named University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston as the No. 1 Adult Cancer Hospital in America for the fifth consecutive year.
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Cameron Sees No Need for National Mesothelioma Registry
- by Tim Povtak
- Treatment & Doctors
- Jul 25, 2019
Thoracic surgeon Dr. Robert Cameron, a longtime leader in the fight against pleural mesothelioma cancer, believes there is no benefit to establishing a government-funded national registry for the disease.
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Mesothelioma Treatment Guidelines Not Followed Often Enough
- by Tim Povtak
- Treatment & Doctors
- Jun 12, 2019
Too many patients with pleural mesothelioma are going without treatment recommended by National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines, according to a recent study at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
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FDA Approves First New Treatment for Mesothelioma in 15 Years
- by Matt Mauney
- Treatment & Doctors
- May 24, 2019
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration on Thursday approved Tumor Treating Fields, a therapy involving electric currents that disrupt cancer cell division and inhibit tumor growth, for the first-line treatment…
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Targeting Blood-Clotting Pathway Improves Mesothelioma Treatment
- by Suzanne Dixon
- Treatment & Doctors
- Mar 5, 2019
A team of researchers at the Cancer and Vascular Biology Research Center in Haifa, Israel, and the Langone Medical Center in New York collaborated on research of a common blood-clotting…
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Belgian EPP Study Shows Mesothelioma Surgery Extends Survival
- by Tim Povtak
- Treatment & Doctors
- Mar 4, 2019
Using proper patient selection, doctors in Leuven, Belgium, are extending mesothelioma survival times significantly with the controversial extrapleural pneumonectomy surgery. Despite a growing reluctance to perform the surgery within the…
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Apatinib Case Study Uncovers Potential Mesothelioma Treatment
- by Tim Povtak
- Treatment & Doctors
- Jan 31, 2019
Doctors in China may have uncovered an effective second- or third-line treatment option for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. Dr. RongQin Meng, an oncologist at 363 Hospital in Cheng Du,…
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