The Mesothelioma Guide Blog

Some 30, 20 or even 10 years ago, the general public didn’t know much about mesothelioma. They didn’t know how it formed, or where it formed. They didn’t know how to treat...

Talc cosmetics are a new health and safety issue. Why? Because asbestos can slip undetected into talc mixtures and threaten the health of consumers. Fortunately, a test of 50 talc...

A new therapy, gavocabtagene autoleucel, seems to shrink mesothelioma tumors and help survival. The new therapy was featured at the European Society for Medical Oncology Congress...

Sarcomatoid mesothelioma is the toughest cell histology for this cancer. Most surgeons won’t operate on these cases, and chemotherapy does little to slow tumor growth. For these...

Update: This post was updated Oct. 21, 2021, with more hospitals approved to prescribe the Optune Lua therapy for mesothelioma.   Optune Lua, the brand name for Novocure’s...

There aren’t many surgeons and cancer centers capable of performing surgery for mesothelioma. This fact means patients wanting surgery must travel farther to get a life‑saving...

The United States has flirted with the idea of banning asbestos for more than 30 years. The topic comes and goes and comes, currently in the in‑between phase after getting...

A lot of doctors believe in using immunotherapy for malignant peritoneal mesothelioma. Now a clinical trial in the United States will put it to practice on a large scale. A new...

Doctors use neoadjuvant treatment to control or even shrink tumors before mesothelioma surgery. The fear is the therapy won’t be effective, and the delay in surgery will make an...

We at Mesothelioma Guide published a series of blogs about specific jobs with a higher‑than‑normal risk of mesothelioma. The explanation was simple: They all directly or...