The Mesothelioma Guide Blog

Immunohistochemistry has groundbreaking potential for mesothelioma treatment. Two biomarkers seem to indicate pleurectomy/decortication surgery works for some patients better than...

Surgery is the best option to beat malignant mesothelioma. If it’s not available, what other treatment options are there? This question is most pressing for older patients. A...

There are a few possible complications from surgery for mesothelioma. One of them, empyema, can affect survival and quality of life for patients. A report in the Annals of...

One approach to mesothelioma treatment is suffocating the cells. The usual process is blocking these cells from receiving nutrients such as blood and oxygen. Researchers at the...

Some 30, 20 or even 10 years ago, the general public didn’t know much about mesothelioma. They didn’t know how it formed, or where it formed. They didn’t know how to treat...

A new therapy, gavocabtagene autoleucel, seems to shrink mesothelioma tumors and help survival. The new therapy was featured at the European Society for Medical Oncology Congress...

A lot of doctors believe in using immunotherapy for malignant peritoneal mesothelioma. Now a clinical trial in the United States will put it to practice on a large scale. A new...

We at Mesothelioma Guide published a series of blogs about specific jobs with a higher‑than‑normal risk of mesothelioma. The explanation was simple: They all directly or...

A man who dismantled World War II ships and developed mesothelioma won a massive verdict in Washington state. According to the Tacoma News Tribune newspaper, Dennis W., 75, worked...

Mesothelioma cells grow quite resistant to treatment. Therapies like chemotherapy and radiation therapy inhibit the cancer for a few months before their effectiveness...