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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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International Symposium on Mesothelioma to Focus on Immunotherapy
- by Tim Povtak
- Treatment & Doctors
- Sep 26, 2018
The eighth annual International Symposium on Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Saturday at UCLA will reflect the rapidly evolving philosophy on future treatment of this rare cancer. Change is coming.
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Enhancing Cancer Immunotherapy with Artificial Intelligence
- by Suzanne Dixon
- Treatment & Doctors
- Sep 19, 2018
Physicians may soon use artificial intelligence (AI) and medical images to study tumors without a biopsy. The techniques developed to study tumors in this new way are described in the…
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Novel Mesothelioma Treatment Closer to FDA Approval
- by Tim Povtak
- Treatment & Doctors
- Sep 17, 2018
Standard-of-care treatment for patients with pleural mesothelioma may soon include Tumor Treating Fields, a novel therapy involving electric fields that disrupt cancer cell division and inhibit tumor growth.
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Ripley Named New Director of Mesothelioma Center at Baylor
- by Tim Povtak
- Treatment & Doctors
- Sep 12, 2018
Thoracic surgeon Dr. R. Taylor Ripley comes to the Mesothelioma Treatment Center at Baylor College of Medicine with the highest possible endorsement. Dr. David Sugarbaker, the world’s most prominent mesothelioma…
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Surgery for Mesothelioma No Longer Recommended in UK
- by Tim Povtak
- Treatment & Doctors
- Sep 11, 2018
Aggressive surgery for the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) — unless part of a clinical trial — is no longer being recommended in the United Kingdom. The British…
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Alternative Cancer Treatment Clinic Reopening in Bahamas
- by Tim Povtak
- Treatment & Doctors
- Sep 5, 2018
Jerry Lampe and Ruth Phillips — two of America’s longest-living mesothelioma survivors — won’t feel so helpless now when a newly diagnosed patient asks for their secret to success. The…
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Dr. David Sugarbaker, Mesothelioma Treatment Pioneer, Dies at 65
- by Tim Povtak
- Treatment & Doctors
- Aug 29, 2018
Thoracic surgeon Dr. David Sugarbaker, a world leader in advancing the treatment of pleural mesothelioma for nearly 30 years, has died. He was 65. Sugarbaker was director of…
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Mesothelioma Specialty Centers Rank on Best Hospitals List
- by Tim Povtak
- Treatment & Doctors
- Aug 20, 2018
The MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston was named the No. 1 cancer care hospital in America by U.S. News & World Report for the fourth consecutive year. MD…
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