The Mesothelioma Guide Blog

The top mesothelioma cancer centers in the world offer experienced staff, plenty of treatment options and additional support resources. There’s a subset within the segment of top...

The first preference for treating mesothelioma is surgery. If you can remove the cancerous tumors in bulk, quickly, then the chances of a long and healthy life increase...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted ONCOFID-P “orphan drug status” for treating malignant mesothelioma. ONCOFID-P is a combination of paclitaxel and hyaluronic...

Treatment for peritoneal mesothelioma is today where treatment was three years ago for pleural mesothelioma. Tumor treating fields are not yet acceptable for non-surgical cases....

There are various types of immunotherapy. Could pairing two of them work for malignant mesothelioma? A new study out of the National Cancer Institute is combining an immune...

Immunotherapy and radiation therapy may have a synergistic effect on one another. For people with malignant mesothelioma, this is a source of hope. Two new clinical trials are...

Is “SMART” the smartest way to treat mesothelioma? Or could we make it … “smarter”? Since its inception at Princess Margaret Cancer Center in Toronto, Canada, the SMART approach...

Most people with mesothelioma either don’t respond to first-line chemotherapy or respond temporarily, only for the tumors to continue spreading after a brief halt. Relapsed...

Malignant mesothelioma usually singles out elderly people, but in rare instances, young adults or even kids may develop the cancer. It’s a heartbreaking diagnosis for someone so...

Numerous studies show survival upticks in radiation before surgery for mesothelioma. A new study couldn’t find the same benefit in radiation after surgery. After analysis of more...