Mesothelioma Cancer Resources Blog

German researcher has found that terminal cancer patients that receive palliative radiotherapy treatment are not benefiting as their oncologists thought they would. This led to the conclusion that while physicians expected to improve the patient’s quality of life they did not take the time to appropriately customize the radiation therapy to the patient. For mesothelioma …

Researchers in London have estimated that when a malignant mesothelioma patient undergoes surgery to remove a portion of the cancerous lining of the lung or abdomen the survival rate increases by approximately nine months. The researchers further found that mesothelioma patients who had multi-modal treatment of surgery and chemotherapy or radiotherapy showed the best results. …

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has released the NCCN Guidelines for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. Led by Lee M. Krug, MD of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the guidelines were presented at the 15th annual NCCN conference. Mesothelioma is a rare, aggressive form of cancer primarily caused by exposure to airborne asbestos fibers. Mesothelioma has an …