Does Prophylactic Irradiation Provide Benefit for Mesothelioma Patients?
A recent clinical study found that patients with pleural mesothelioma who received prophylactic irradiation after having a chest wall procedure did not enjoy a clinical benefit, per an open-label,...
View ArticleTrouble Swallowing Can Be an Early Sign of Mesothelioma
The case of a mesothelioma patient in Spain could suggest that having a hard time swallowing could be a rare, early sign of mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is a very serious cancer that begins in the thin...
View ArticleTumor Treating Fields Receives FDA Approval For Treating Mesothelioma
FDA recently approved an electricity-based mesothelioma treatment called Tumor Treating Fields (NovoTTF-100L) that has been FDA approved along with regular chemotherapy for mesothelioma. It is the...
View ArticleSystemic Inflammation Related to Lower Mesothelioma Survival Rates
Patients diagnosed with mesothelioma whose bodies respond to the cancer with systemic inflammation have lower survival rates, according to Chinese researchers in a recent clinical study. Those...
View ArticleResearch Confirms Some Mesothelioma Biomarkers More Effective to Detect Cancer
New clinical research at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York indicates some mesothelioma biomarkers are more effective than others to detect this devastating cancer....
View ArticleAlaskan Community Raises Funds for 20-Year-Old With Mesothelioma
The initial signs of Alex Cesar’s lung cancer appeared in the winter of 2018. His mother noticed that the young man would start to cough and could not stop. A trip to the medical center in Anchorage...
View ArticleTreatment Guidelines for Mesothelioma Not Followed Frequently Enough
There are too many patients with mesothelioma who are not getting the treatment they need per the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines, according to a recent clinical study done at...
View ArticleMesothelioma Patients See No Benefit With Defactinib Maintenance Therapy
Maintenance therapy with cancer drug defactinib did not boost survival rates after front line chemotherapy for patients with pleural mesothelioma, according to the latest results from this phase II...
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Top 50 Social Media Friendly Cancer Hospitals
[[Click to Enlarge or Copy to Use]]People have lots of choices when it comes to healthcare these days, and consumers are more selective than ever about who they trust to keep them healthy. Having a...
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The States with the Highest (and Lowest) Cancer Cases
In 2020, nearly 2 million new cancer cases will be diagnosed across the country. This year alone, more than 600,000 people are expected to die from cancer. While medical advances have lowered the...
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