The Mesothelioma Guide Blog

Mesothelioma often withstands chemotherapy, making the treatment ineffective for patients. A new study may reveal just why this happens — and if there’s a way to avoid...

Doctors may have a new, more tolerable way to deliver mesothelioma chemotherapy — all thanks to a dog. Researchers reported on a case of mesothelioma in a canine. The canine had...

The United States nearly doubled the country’s asbestos import amount from 2019 to 2020. The U.S. imported approximately 300 tons of the deadly mineral in 2020, according to the...

Surgery is the best remedy for mesothelioma. The treatment removes a large chunk of the tumors from the body, instantly improving the chances of beating this cancer. Mesothelioma...

Trisha Noble, the actress who played Padme Amidala’s mom in the Star Wars movie series, died of mesothelioma a few weeks ago. OK! Magazine reported the news.  Noble, 76, is the...

Update: This blog was updated February 22, 2021, with new survival rates from a study about HITHOC with mesothelioma surgery. Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy can add...

Travel and money. Those are often the two biggest obstacles facing people with mesothelioma, and they’re connected. Patients and their families usually can’t get high-quality...

When Larry Samuels says he’s active in his community, he’s really active. His list of groups is more than nine deep. For example, he’s a board member, a former board...

Pleural mesothelioma starts in the thin lining between your chest and lungs. From there, it can grow in any direction: into your chest wall, towards your lungs and heart, up to...

The Mesothelioma Guide podcast and the Mesothelioma Monthly email newsletter both reached impressive milestones recently. The 10th episode of the Mesothelioma Guide podcast was...