Mesothelioma Cancer Resources Blog

Chemotherapy is considered the most effective single modality for the treatment of mesothelioma, an asbestos-caused cancer. However, the cancer has proven to outlive the effects of the drugs, and the average prognosis for mesothelioma patients is typically less than one year. Now, oncologists are hailing the results of an immunotherapy clinical trial for melanoma as …

Stopping tumor growth and preventing metastasis in mesothelioma, which is highly aggressive and resistant to standard cancer treatments, is critical for increasing survival in patients. Now, researchers report that by intercepting a signaling pathway found in mesothelioma they can slow the growth of the insidious cancer. Researchers from Korea found that by targeting and blocking …