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Posted by Nancy Meredith
Label: Featured News
Oncologists sometimes check a mesothelioma patient‘s biomarkers, or genetic makeup, to determine which treatment will work best for the patient. However, the aggressive cancer can harbor multiple actionable biomarkers, still leaving the oncologist unsure as to which treatment to use.
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There is an ongoing debate among mesothelioma physicians of the best surgical approach for pleural mesothelioma patients: the pleurectomy decortication (P/D) or the extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP). In a recent study, researchers using post-surgical quality of life as a measure determined
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In March, MesotheliomaHelp presented information on the increasing number of mesothelioma cases in the U.S., but researchers continue to struggle to get a handle on the worldwide trend of mesothelioma. Now, in a newly released study, researchers concluded that globally,
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In July, MesotheliomaHelp reported on the pending approval of two different types of gene therapy for treating cancer and inherited diseases. Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced approval of one of the therapies in a landmark approval
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Last week, MesotheliomaHelp reported on the benefits of mesothelioma patients receiving trimodal therapy. Now, in another study aimed at better understanding the patterns of mesothelioma care and the associated survival, researchers found a startling number of untreated mesothelioma patients in
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