Mesothelioma is a rare but deadly form of cancer: the five-year survival rate for patients diagnosed with the disease is between five and ten percent. Although aggressive surgery can help some patients with early-stage mesothelioma, ...
Feb 29, 2016
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Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine researchers have shown they can eradicate advanced-stage mesothelioma tumors in mice in just a few days with a treatment combining Rice's cytokine "drug factory" implants and ...
Aug 22, 2022
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Pembrolizumab, an antibody drug already used to treat other forms of cancer, can be effective in the treatment of the most common form of mesothelioma, according to a new study led by investigators from the Perelman School ...
Mar 20, 2017
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It's been called the "fifth pillar" of cancer treatment: genetically re-engineering the human immune system to recognize cancers and fight them.
Nov 6, 2014
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Identifying and analyzing volatile organic compounds in exhaled breath of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma showed promise as a screening method for MPM, according to research presented today at the International ...
Sep 9, 2023
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Peter Szlosarek, Professor of Medical Oncology at Queen Mary's Barts Cancer Institute, presented his team's results from the ATOMIC-Meso clinical trial in partnership with Polaris Pharmaceuticals, Inc., at the American Association ...
Apr 18, 2023
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Early specialist palliative care treatment does not improve the quality of life for patients diagnosed with the rare cancer mesothelioma when compared to standard care alone, new research led by Curtin University has found.
Mar 21, 2019
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Treatment outcomes for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma, a rare cancer commonly known as mesothelioma, are often affected by social determinants of health, and overall survival rates could be improved by addressing ...
Mar 23, 2023
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For the first time, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have shown the predictive power of a group of overlooked lymph nodes—known as the posterior intercostal lymph nodes—that ...
Oct 28, 2013
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Nivolumab monotherapy is an effective treatment option for relapsed malignant mesothelioma (MM), according to research presented today at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer World Conference on Lung ...
Jan 30, 2021
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