The newest treatment for mesothelioma has a brand new name — emphasis on the word “brand”. Novocure, the manufacturer of the NovoTTF-100L System, announced that the device would be called Optune Lua. This is the official brand name for the NovoTTF-100L, which the United States Food and Drug...
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The COVID-19 coronavirus continues to derail our usual way of life. People with mesothelioma are not immune to the anxiousness and hardships caused by this health crisis. The...
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People with mesothelioma don’t have many treatment options. A combination of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation is the standard of care. For years, chemotherapy was the only...
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Say the word “radiation” around pleural mesothelioma experts, and you’ll likely get a split in opinions. Some believe in the treatment’s benefit, while others feel the...
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Mesothelioma experts continue to experiment with immunotherapy. Some specialists use the drugs before the primary treatment, some use them after and some even compare pairing them...
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The quickest, most effective method to treat mesothelioma is through surgery. The logic makes sense: If there’s a deadly disease in your body, then simply removing it is an...
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Editor’s Note: This article was updated March 6, 2020, with news of two more hospitals offering the NovoTTF-100L System for pleural mesothelioma. Just eight months ago, the...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new application of a current pleural mesothelioma treatment, according to a press release Monday from Eagle Pharmaceuticals. The...
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Beating mesothelioma is difficult for numerous reasons. This rare and aggressive cancer usually doesn’t express noticeable symptoms until it’s already too advanced for...
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The efforts and innovations of mesothelioma researchers have already extended the lives of many patients. The combination of surgery and chemotherapy has led to survival times of...
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