Extrapleural pneumonectomy — EPP for short — is a surgery that can really knock the wind out of a mesothelioma patient’s sails. Because of that, critics of the procedure question whether EPP is even worth the trouble of undergoing. Indeed, recent studies suggest there is little or no benefit to be gained by it — and
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Periodic fasting may help you avoid mesothelioma if you’re at risk for the cancer, according to new research from the University of Southern California (USC). The research also suggests that fasting for a few days before starting chemotherapy may make the treatment easier to endure. These findings — reported in the June 5 issue of the
Thoracic surgeons attending a recent annual meeting came away enthused about a molecular test that rates the chances of your mesothelioma tumor coming back after treatment. The test appears to have a good accuracy rate, according to validation studies. It tells whether a patient faces a low, intermediate or high risk of the tumor returning.
The old saying of “feed a fever, starve a cold” might someday be replaced by “feed a tummy less, starve a cancer more.” Researchers this week reported that cancer victims who cut roughly one-third of the calories from their meals might make it harder for the disease to spread to other organs. It’s not yet
Don’t feel it’s an insult to your manhood if your oncologist says he wants to treat your mesothelioma by putting you on the same drug some women take for breast cancer. That medication might turn out be your best shot at stopping mesothelioma from metastasizing. The drug is exemestane. Researchers from Italy’s Regina Elena National
There is one thing scientists have always struggled to explain about mesothelioma cells. They want to know how these cancer cells on the lining of your lung could uproot and travel to distant parts of your body. Researchers at the University of Sydney in Australia now think they have an answer. Mesothelioma cells hop aboard
Alcoholics as far back as Prohibition have taken a Food and Drug Administration-approved medicine called Antabuse to help them stop drinking. Soon, mesothelioma victims may start taking it to help them stop dying. Researchers from Wayne State University School of Medicine, the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, and other institutions report that Antabuse
How differently things might have turned out for you if had you owned one of these 30 years ago when you worked as a blue-collar tradesman. Coming soon is a portable detector that warns you when you are only a breath away from exposure to airborne asbestos. The device is still in development, but the
Mesothelioma cares not who it strikes. To this disease, entertainers and celebrities are the same as construction workers, mechanics and Navy veterans. Mesothelioma cares only that its victims inhaled or ingested asbestos at some point in their life. Ed Lauter was 74 when mesothelioma claimed him last October. He was a character actor in more
Imagine a doctor eyeing just-received lab results turning to his patient and saying, “You have mesothelioma. Take two of these pills and call me in the morning.” Preposterous? Maybe not. New research published last week in the journal Nature hints that treating mesothelioma and other cancers could someday involve little more than swallowing a few
