Mesothelioma Cancer Resources Blog

Cure magazine’s “Extraordinary Healer Award for Oncology Nursing” will be accepting nominations until April 5th. The nominations can be “from patients, survivors, caregivers, and peers describing the compassion, expertise, and helpfulness that a special oncology nurse has exhibited.” Cure will honor three nurse finalists, as well as the individuals who nominated them, with round-trip airfare …

ast year the FDA gave approval for Alimta, a chemotherapy used in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer and mesothelioma, to be used in maintenance treatment in patients with advanced or metastatic nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer whose disease has not progressed after four cycles of platinum-based first line chemotherapy. Mesothelioma is a cancer …

A study led by Dr. David Sugarbaker, Chief of Thoracic Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a mesothelioma specialist, is exploring whether Cisplatin can be used safely in combination with another anti-cancer drug, Gemcitabine to treat mesothelioma patients. Specifically the team is testing the effectiveness of using a combination of the chemotherapy drugs after …