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Hope may be on the horizon for patients diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma. A new treatment that uses genetically modified cells is just one of several in the breakthrough field of immunotherapy. Scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have developed a method of genetically altering the DNA of a patient’s T cells and then » Read More

Doctors at the Asbestos Diseases Research Institute and Sydney Medical School in Australia are claiming that based on their multi-national research, as many as 47%  of mesothelioma patients who might benefit from chemotherapy treatment are not being given the option. The doctors reached their conclusions by comparing data on mesothelioma patients and their tumor characteristics » Read More

A new report suggests that workers in the wine making industry may be at risk for developing mesothelioma due to asbestos exposure.  The published report appeared in the October 8, 2014 edition of the Annals of Occupational Hygiene.  The report focuses on a case study of an Italian winemaker who used chrysotile asbestos fibers in » Read More

The news of being diagnosed with mesothelioma is devastating.  Individuals diagnosed with mesothelioma by a primary care physician should consider getting a second opinion from a mesothelioma specialist.  Getting a second opinion for a mesothelioma diagnosis can often assuage an individual’s fear and anxiety. A second opinion also is also the next step in examining » Read More