Mesothelioma News
News headlines courtesy the Mesothelioma Center.
- Lung Cancer Awareness Month Starts Today
- November 1, 2019 - Today starts Lung Cancer Awareness Month. In November, we come together to recognize this deadly cancer and learn about different causes and treatments. Knowing the different statistics and causes could help save a lot of people?s lives. Lung cancer is the leading cause of death due to cancer in men and women. In 2018, it
- Lurbinectedin Clinical Trial is Showing Promising Results for Mesothelioma Patients
- October 25, 2019 - Researchers have created a new compound that could potentially help mesothelioma patients. Lurbinectedin is a synthetic material that can stop the growth of mesothelioma and other cancers. It works by blocking cytokine transcription in tumor cells. Cytokine transcription is the copying of DNA to allow the passing of the genetic information out of the cell.
- Immunotherapy Could Potentially be used Instead of Chemotherapy in Mesothelioma Patients
- October 18, 2019 - Asbestos is a dangerous mineral that causes many different cancers including mesothelioma, lung cancer, and colon cancer. In the case of mesothelioma, its sharp, microscopic fibers are first inhaled and then become embedded in the mesothelial tissue surrounding the lungs. Since asbestos is only regulated and not banned in the United States, people can still
- First FDA Approved Mesothelioma Treatment in 15 Years to be Used Soon
- October 11, 2019 - A new cancer treatment using electricity has been approved for use in mesothelioma patients. The NovoTTF-100L uses Tumor Treating Fields, which are electric signals tuned to a specific frequency, to disrupt cancerous cell division. The fields are applied to the patient with adhesive bandages and are used for at least 18 hours a day. This
- Looking Back on Mesothelioma Awareness Day
- October 4, 2019 - Mesothelioma is a very rare and preventable cancer and because of this, many people do not know it exists or what causes it. Mesothelioma Awareness Day helps solve this by making people aware of the disease. Workers and families whose lives have been destroyed by the devastating effects of the disease can be celebrated and
- CAR T-Cell Therapy Could Soon be used on Mesothelioma Patients
- September 27, 2019 - An immunotherapy treatment that utilizes T cells to fight cancer may soon be covered by Medicare for mesothelioma patients. Immunotherapy is still an emerging set of cancer treatments that utilizes the patient?s own immune system to fight and kill cancer cells. The specific treatment that uses T cells is called chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell
- MicroRNA Could be used to Quickly Diagnose Mesothelioma
- September 19, 2019 - Biomarkers are measureable substances that indicate if someone has a disease. Doctors and researchers are able to find different substances within a person?s body and deduce that the person has a specific type of cancer. Researchers have found a relatively new biomarker called microRNA, which could possibly be used to diagnose mesothelioma. MicroRNAs control gene
- Proton Therapy Could Help Patients with Mesothelioma
- September 12, 2019 - Radiation therapy, which uses intense energy beams to kill cancer cells, is a very common treatment for cancer. There are different types of radiation, but the most common type is X-rays. Radiation is also useful for preventing cancer from returning, or stopping or slowing its growth. The radiation breaks up DNA inside cancer cells, preventing
- Mesothelioma Diagnosis Rates Have Remained Stable even though Mesothelioma Survival has Improved
- September 5, 2019 - It was found that the number of pleural mesothelioma diagnoses has stayed the same, while the survival rate for people with the disease has slightly improved. Once asbestos was not used as much because of multiple regulations, the number of diagnoses of mesothelioma was predicted to go down. Instead, the number of diagnoses has remained
- The Ketogenic Diet Could be used to Slow Cancer Growth
- August 29, 2019 - According to a study done at The University of Texas at Dallas, the Ketogenic diet, which is very low in sugar, as well as the administration of a diabetes drug that prevents glucose in the blood from being adsorbed by the kidneys, slowed down the growth of squamous cell carcinoma tumors in mice. This specific