2020 has been a breakthrough year for expanding treatment options for mesothelioma. Immunotherapy is now approved as a first-line treatment. Another emerging therapy, the use of viruses, offers another source of promise. One upcoming clinical trial will attempt to combine both ideas into one...
Read More
Since receiving formal approval in May 2019, the Optune Lua tumor treating fields device has grown in popularity as a mesothelioma treatment. The list of hospitals and cancer...
Read Post
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a combination of immunotherapy drugs, nivolumab and ipilimumab, for mesothelioma. The FDA announced the decision last week,...
Read Post
Upon receiving the news that you have mesothelioma, one of your first questions will be about treatment. “What are my options? Can it be treated?” As medical and diagnostic...
Read Post
Since the inception of Mesothelioma Awareness Day in 2004, activist groups and people have celebrated and supported mesothelioma victims and survivors with events, donations and...
Read Post
One of the diagnostic challenges for mesothelioma is distinguishing between a malignant disease and a benign one. A protein called c-MET is another biomarker to help tell the...
Read Post
Sarcomatoid mesothelioma is the rarest of the three cell types of mesothelioma. Its uncommon nature is one reason why it’s challenging to identify and diagnose. A new biomarker...
Read Post
There’s an ongoing discussion about which surgery is best for pleural mesothelioma. Is it better to remove a lung with extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP)? Or is the less-invasive...
Read Post
Two recently approved therapies for mesothelioma may soon team up in a study. Novocure, the manufacturer of the tumor treating fields device NovoTTF-100L, announced a partnership...
Read Post
You shouldn’t take chances with any aspect of mesothelioma. From how quickly you tell a doctor about symptoms to which lawyer you choose for representation, you should always...
Read Post
On May 24, 2019, for the first time in 15 years, the United States Food and Drug Administration approved a treatment for mesothelioma. One year later, the NovoTTF-100L System is...
Read Post
