It might one day be possible to replace that mesothelioma-covered lung or abdomen lining of yours with one that’s brand-new clean and disease-free. Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have moved a step closer to making such a remedy for mesothelioma a reality. They’ve been experimenting with a 3-D printer that they hope to
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Mesothelioma patients might make a faster and fuller recovery from surgery, chemotherapy or radiation treatment if they spend a few weeks beforehand receiving physical therapy. National Public Radio described this possibility not long ago in a story about the use of rehabilitation therapy to improve the ability of cancer patients to bear up under surgery,
Scientists tinkering with a specialized type of RNA molecule have found it may be possible to use the biologic building block to increase the effectiveness of mesothelioma chemotherapy. The RNA molecule undergoing investigation is a nonviral antithymidylate synthase RNAi embedded liposome. RNAi means it’s an RNA molecule modified to interfere with biological processes. In lab
Mesothelioma is no laughing matter. But comedian Quincy Jones is determined to make it one. Or at least to have the last laugh over the cancer that’s eating him up inside. Jones is just 32 years old and has Stage IV peritoneal mesothelioma. He’s been given a prognosis of no more than a year to
Something that usually happens before peritoneal mesothelioma strikes is the peritoneum becomes acutely inflamed. Researchers have discovered that flaxseed lignan component appears to significantly reduce such inflammation. At least that’s the case in lab mice fed a diet rich in flaxseed. This is a potentially very significant finding because if there is no inflammation of
Your fight with mesothelioma is difficult for several reasons. One reason is that the asbestos cancer always seems to bounce back with a vengeance after it has been successfully knocked down. The explanation for this is that one or more of the tiny number of mesothelioma cells that invariably manage to survive treatment contain stem
Treating pleural effusions is essential for relieving chest pain and freeing up breathing if you’re an early stage mesothelioma patient. But the treatment is invasive and carries a risk. The risk is it will promote the seeding of mesothelioma cells. The problem with seeding is exactly what that word implies. When seeds are planted, it
A test that can detect mesothelioma years before it strikes you would offer a powerful edge in the fight for survival following diagnosis, according to scientists from the University of Western Australia. Such a test appears soon to be available. It’s called the ENOX2 blood test. And, according to a recent research paper, it may
Mesothelioma that can’t be treated with surgery or radiation is usually then fought with chemotherapy. The mesothelioma chemotherapy formulation employed first and foremost is cisplatin with pemetrexed. This drug combination does a good job of lengthening mesothelioma survival. Certainly that’s true for many mesothelioma patients. But there are some who cannot tolerate the mixing of
Locally administered doses of CpG-oligodeoxynucleotides may be effective in treating diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma, according to researchers from Italy. The particular form of CpG-oligodeoxynucleotide at the core of this finding is synthetic DNA sequence CpG-ODN1826. Toll-like receptor 9 — or simply TLR9, a gene-level protein — recognizes CpG-ODN1826. This recognition appears to induce both an innate and
