Mesothelioma Therapy Center
Various Mesothelioma Therapy and Claims such as malignant, benign, asbestos, pleural, lung cancer, disease, exposure, lawsuits and other
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Mesothelioma Treatment | Radiation
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Mesothelioma Treatment | Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is the only treatment for mesothelioma that has been proven to improve survival in randomised and controlled trials. The landmark study published in 2003 by Vogelzang and colleagues compared cisplatin chemotherapy alone with a combination of cisplatin and pemetrexed (brand name Alimta) chemotherapy in patients who had not received chemotherapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma previously and were not candidates for more aggressive "curative" surgery.This trial was the first to report a survival advantage from chemotherapy in malignant pleural mesothelioma, showing a
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Mesothelioma Treatment | Immunotherapy
Immunotherapy
Treatment regimens involving immunotherapy have yielded variable results. For example, intrapleural inoculation of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) in an attempt to boost the immune response, was found to be of no benefit to the patient (while it may benefit patients with bladder cancer).Mesothelioma cells proved susceptible to in vitro lysis by LAK cells following activation by interleukin-2 (IL-2), but patients undergoing this particular therapy experienced major side effects. Indeed, this trial was suspended in view of the
Monday, September 13, 2010
Mesothelioma Treatment | Heated Intraoperative Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy
Heated Intraoperative Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy
A procedure known as heated intraoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy was developed by Paul Sugarbaker at the Washington Cancer Institute. The surgeon removes as much of the tumor as possible followed by the direct administration of a chemotherapy agent, heated to between 40 and 48°C, in the abdomen. The fluid isSunday, September 12, 2010
Mesothelioma Treatment | Multimodality Therapy
Multimodality Therapy
All of the standard approaches to treating solid tumors—radiation, chemotherapy, and surgery—have been investigated in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. Although surgery, by itself, is not very effective, surgery combined with adjuvant chemotherapy and radiation (trimodality therapy) has produced significant survival extension (3–14 years) among patients with favorable prognostic factors. However, other large series of examining multimodality treatment have only demonstrated modest improvement inSaturday, September 11, 2010
Mesothelioma Treatment | Epidemiology
Epidemiology
Although reported incidence rates have increased in the past 20 years, mesothelioma is still a relatively rare cancer. The incidence rate varies from one country to another, from a low rate of less than 1 per 1,000,000 in Tunisia and Morocco, to the highest rate in Britain, Australia and Belgium: 30 per 1,000,000 per year. For comparison, populations with high levels of smoking can have a lung cancer incidence of over 1,000 per 1,000,000.Incidence of malignant mesothelioma currently ranges from about 7 to
Friday, September 10, 2010
Mesothelioma | Asbestosis
Asbestosis is a chronic inflammatory and fibrotic medical condition affecting the parenchymal tissue of the lungs caused by the inhalation and retention of asbestos fibers. It usually occurs after high intensity and/or long-term exposure to asbestos (particularly in those individuals working on the production or end-use of products containing asbestos) and is therefore regarded as an occupational lung disease.
People with extensive occupational exposure to the mining, manufacturing, handling or
People with extensive occupational exposure to the mining, manufacturing, handling or
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