Mesothelioma Treatment
How to Care for Mesothelioma Patients
Finding out that you or a family member has mesothelioma can be difficult enough. It is never easy to face the possibility of death and can be even more difficult facing the reality that a provider may no longer be able to support the family.
Caring for someone with Mesothelioma requires strength and patience. When your [...]
Effective Mesothelioma Treatment: Lovastatin
Lovastatin, a well-tolerated drug commonly used to treat high cholesterol, has shown positive results as an adjunctive, or secondary, drug treatment to inhibit mesothelial cell growth.
Early studies on Lovastatin originally excited researchers because of the unexpected, yet potent side effect it had on killing cancer cells. However, it was soon noted that humans were not [...]
Mesothelioma Clinical Trials
Clinical trials are research studies in which volunteers help scientists find new ways to prevent, diagnose, or treat various diseases. A typical mesothelioma clinical trial determines whether a treatment is safe and effective, the best way to administer a drug, and the proper dosage. Any side effects are observed and noted. Pemetrexed or ALIMTA® is [...]
Special Therapy for Mesothelioma: Mind Body Medicine
Mind body medicine is an approach to healing that uses the power of thoughts and emotions to positively influence physical health. It focuses on the interactions among the brain, mind, body, and behavior, and on the powerful ways in which emotional, mental, social, spiritual, and behavioral factors can directly affect health.
Mind body medicine includes relaxation, [...]
Mesothelioma Stages And Treatment
Staging is the process of finding out how far the cancer has spread. The proper staging of cancer allows the oncologist to determine the best course of treatment for the patient.
Currently, the three systems that are used to stage this disease are the Butchart, TNM, and Brigham systems. Experts recommend that the TNM system, [...]
Pericardial Mesothelioma
Pericardial mesothelioma develops in the pericardium, a membrane made up of mesothelial cells that surrounds the heart and provides protection and support to this organ. This type of mesothelioma is the least common form. Only around 5% of mesothelioma cases are pericardial. Doctors view this form of mesothelioma as even more serious than the other [...]
Peritoneal Mesothelioma
Peritoneal mesothelioma is the second most common type of mesothelioma , making up slightly less than 30% of diagnosed mesothelioma cases. This type of mesothelioma affects the cells of the abdominal lining, also known as the peritoneum, which supports and protects organs in the abdomen.
While all forms of mesothelioma affect men more than women, if [...]
Important Information about Alimta
Alimta is a chemotherapy drug that is currently being tested for the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma. Alimta is a colourless fluid.
If you have any of below conditions, you may not be able to receive Alimta, or you may need a dosage adjustment or special tests during treatment :
kidney disease;
liver disease;
a weak immune system; or
excess fluid in [...]
Gene Therapy: A Promising Treatment
The Gene Therapy technique has been studied in humans with malignant mesothelioma since Fall 1995. Now it is still in its infancy, yet the results of recent phase clinical trials and ongoing preclinical studies show that the gene therapy will be a promising treatment option for the future.
Mesothelioma Surgery
Patients should notice that at present it is not clear whether surgery for Mesothelioma can give better control of symptoms or can help people to live for longer than just using active symptom control.
Curative surgery is offered if the tumor is thought to be localized and can be removed completely. Only the strongest of mesothelioma patients [...]