Mesothelioma Drug Trials

LOS ANGELES, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — At the 2nd Annual Symposium for Lung-Sparing Therapies for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma held this weekend at the Sheraton Delfina in Santa Monica, CA, international experts again re-affirmed the … View full post on mesothelioma – Bing News

Malignant pleural mesothelioma is a rare malignancy with a dismal prognosis. The clinical management of most of the patients with this disease is quite challenging, and, overall, the therapeutic strategy has not yet benefited from the recent … View full post on mesothelioma – Bing News

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Mesothelioma experts will gather on Saturday, May 12th 2012 at the Sheraton Delfina in Santa Monica, CA for the 2nd Annual International Symposium on Lung-Sparing … View full post on mesothelioma – Yahoo! News Search Results

Pleural mesothelioma can result from significant asbestos exposure. Please go to AsbestosCleanup.org for details and more information on this rare type of lung cancer.

Editor’s Note: Malignant pleural mesothelioma is a rare, difficult-to-treat cancer that is seen primarily in older men who were exposed to asbestos many decades earlier. In 2003, the addition of pemetrexed to cisplatin as a first-line treatment … View full post on mesothelioma – Bing News

A former U.S. Navy boiler tender diagnosed with mesothelioma has been awarded $32 million in an asbestos lawsuit.  The complaint was filed by Ronald Dummitt against a number of companies who supplied asbestos-laden parts to the ships he worked on while in … View full post on mesothelioma – Bing News

FORT WASHINGTON, Pa. – (BUSINESS WIRE) – The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN ® ) , with the support of the NCCN Foundation , announces the latest addition to the library of NCCN Guidelines for Patients , the NCCN Guidelines for Patients … View full post on mesothelioma – Bing News

CHICAGO —There is minimal toxicity associated with the use of thalidomide in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM); however, there is also no evidence of benefit in progression free survival (PFS) or overall survival (OS), according to researchers at the … View full post on mesothelioma – Bing News

Pleural mesothelioma patients who undergo lung-sparing surgery in combination with photodynamic therapy (PDT) show superior overall survival than patient treated using the conventional therapy of extrapleural pneumonectomy (or en bloc removal of the lung and surrounding tissue) with PDT, indicates new research. View full post on mesothelioma – Yahoo! News Search Results

International mesothelioma experts gathered at the 1st International Symposium on Lung-Sparing Therapies for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) on Saturday, May 21, 2011 in Santa Monica, CA. A wide range of medical specialists reviewed information from a variety of U.S. centers as well as from the recently concluded Mesothelioma And Radical Surgery (MARS) trial from the [...]