A common question among mesothelioma patients, or even people just interested in learning about the cancer, revolves around levels of asbestos exposure. They ask, “How much asbestos must you be exposed to in order to develop mesothelioma?” or “How often must asbestos exposure occur for you to...
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On May 23, 2019, a press release from the company Novocure made history. It announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved the NovoTTF-100L...
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Imagine it’s seven years from now. Or maybe it’s 10 or 20 years into the future. A person is told difficult-to-hear news from their doctor: They have mesothelioma, a rare and...
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Mesothelioma takes between 20 and 50 years to develop. Due to this long latency period, the asbestos-caused cancer affects middle-aged and elderly people most often. If a patient...
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Immunotherapy drugs are commonplace in mesothelioma clinical trials. However, in many cases, these drugs can’t fight cancer alone. A new Phase 2 pleural mesothelioma clinical...
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The residents of Libby, Montana, woke up each day for decades facing an environmental risk. The city was home to a vermiculite mine, which operated for much of the 20th century,...
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You’re a mesothelioma patient. You just received your diagnosis. Now you’re trying to understand the disease you have. How much do you know about it? Can you recite the names...
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May 23, 2019, is one of the most noteworthy dates in the history of mesothelioma. On that date, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new treatment for pleural...
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The Phase 3 clinical trial for pleural mesothelioma is now looking for participants. The study is testing the effectiveness of gene therapy, immunotherapy and virotherapy...
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No two patients have the exact same mesothelioma. That’s an often-used line when specialists talk about treating the disease. If each person’s mesothelioma is unique, then...
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In the latter half of the 20th century, the general public learned of asbestos’ dangers. They learned the substance is, in fact, a carcinogen, one which can lead to aggressive...
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