Mesothelioma Cancer Resources Blog

Source: Yahoo News Dutch researchers have completed the first study looking at the emergence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in children with a parent who has been diagnosed with a form of cancer. The study enrolled children between the ages of 11 and 18 and tracked them throughout the course of their parent’s illness. …

Source: DocGuide.com A study presented at the 14th European Cancer Conference found that pemetrexed, marketed by Eli Lilly & Company as Alimta®, used alone or with a platinum agent, shows good response rates and disease control rates in patients with peritoneal mesothelioma, the second-most common variant of mesothelioma. The study is one of the first …

Source: Avemar Research The proper identification of the histologic subtype of malignant pleural mesothelioma is an important element both in the diagnosis of the disease and the treatment regimen that a patient is given. There are three histological subtypes of the disease, each with a different average prognosis. The most common subtype is epithelial mesothelioma; …