Pleural mesothelioma patients live with the knowledge that there is no cure for them. An Italian biotechnology company promises to change that soon. (more…)
Archive for the ‘mesothelioma treatments’ Category
Antitumor drug to bring hope to pleural mesothelioma patients
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010Integrative medicine: a solution for mesothelioma tumors
Monday, December 21st, 2009Mesothelioma is a disease, to be more specific is a rare form of cancer, caused by exposure, in time or not, to asbestos fibers. It is a deadly disease if not detected in time and treated immediately after discovering the tumor. (more…)
Earlier detection of mesothelioma made possible with a new test
Friday, September 11th, 2009Earlier detection of mesothelioma cancer could be possible, after testing conducted by an Oxford University research team. This test will allow mesothelioma doctors to treat diseases at an earlier stage, when the virus or affected tissues more vulnerable. Doctors are hoping to increase mesothelioma life expectancy due to this test.
More Funds for Asbestos Cancer Research
Monday, May 25th, 2009A petition was signed by over 20000 people, petition that should aid in the creating of a special asbestos cancer research center. Experts and the general public argue that mesothelioma cancer, a type of cancer caused by asbestos exposure, is the least researched disease in the whole of the United Kingdom.
Predicting result of mesothelioma patients treated with surgery with the help of gene expression tests
Friday, May 1st, 2009Surgery is one of the most effective asbestos treatment methods available for patients suffering from malignant mesothelioma. The problem with surgery is that not all patients are able to receive this kind of treatment, thus resulting in negative outcomes. Doctor Raphael Bueno of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston (more…)
Zaida Mattson - Mesothelioma
Friday, April 17th, 2009
This is Zaida Mattson. She is typical four-year-old girl, living in Boulder, Colorado with her father, mother and her older sister, Runa. She enjoys all the things that make a four-year-old happy, dancing, singing, cartoons and Disney stories. Zaida is indeed a very normal four-year-old girl, except for one thing. At the age of three Zaida was diagnosed with peritoneal malignant mesothelioma. (more…)