The best biomarker for telling whether pleural effusions mean you’ve got mesothelioma continues to be soluble mesothelin, according to fresh research from Australia. Mesothelioma diagnosis experts had been hoping that another biomarker — fibulin-3 — might prove even better than mesothelin when it comes to cancer-detection from little more than an effusion sample. That hope has diminished
Monthly Archives: June 2015
The same South Pacific waters where many U.S. sailors and aviators died in combat during World War II are now yielding hope for a sarcomatoid mesothelioma drug that could help you live longer. The mesothelioma drug is trabectedin. It comes from a coral-like creature that dwells at the bottom of the ocean. A European pharmaceutical
Medical scientists have noticed that gene mutations found in mesothelioma are sometimes also found in other types of cancer. This observation has led them to theorize that a drug proven to work well on a certain type of cancer, such as breast cancer, should also work well on mesothelioma. At least it should if the
Mesothelioma chemotherapy can make you itch and break out in a rash, or cause you any number of other skin problems. Thankfully, there are remedies to relieve such side effects. Now, scientists are looking more closely at one of those available remedies. They have come up with a better way to take pemetrexed if it’s
If you’re thinking of having mesothelioma surgery, the findings of a recent study might help make it a little easier to come to a decision. Researchers report that mesothelioma surgery gives you a better hope of extending your survival than any other mesothelioma treatment currently available. The researchers came to this conclusion about mesothelioma surgery
These days, with a computer and a 3-D printer you can manufacture at home all kinds of things — shoes, toys, equipment and even a handgun that shoots real bullets. What you cannot make is a pair of mesothelioma-free human lungs. Yet. At this very moment, scientists are striving to add to the growing list of
Mesothelioma pain is one of the unfortunate consequences of living with this dread cancer. You don’t need to be told how bad it can get. To quell mesothelioma pain, your doctor can prescribe drugs or offer to enroll you in an alternative-medicine program. The mesothelioma pain relief you experience from the available options can be
Keep an eye on the investigational enzyme PEGPH20. It wasn’t developed to treat mesothelioma, per se. However, it might emerge as an important companion medication you’ll someday take to increase the effectiveness of your mesothelioma chemotherapy treatments. Right now, PEGPH20 is being targeted for use in cases of non-small cell lung cancer and pancreatic cancer.
You undergo a mesothelioma biopsy for three reasons. The first is to give you a mesothelioma diagnosis so you can know whether you have the cancer. The second is to determine your mesothelioma stage so your doctors can develop an appropriate treatment plan. And the third is to tell whether the mesothelioma treatment you’ve been
