The Mesothelioma Guide Blog

Checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy works for malignant mesothelioma, specifically when the disease forms near the lungs. There’s another type of mesothelioma, usually...

Update (09-18/2024): In September 2024, the FDA approved Keytruda as a first-line treatment for unresectable, malignant pleural mesothelioma. After 15 years of not approving any...

Doctors are constantly looking for indicators of mesothelioma survival. Stage, patient’s age, cell type and overall health are the most obvious ones. Then there are protein...

Mesothelioma often withstands chemotherapy, making the treatment ineffective for patients. A new study may reveal just why this happens — and if there’s a way to avoid...

Doctors may have a new, more tolerable way to deliver mesothelioma chemotherapy — all thanks to a dog. Researchers reported on a case of mesothelioma in a canine. The canine had...

The United States nearly doubled the country’s asbestos import amount from 2019 to 2020. The U.S. imported approximately 300 tons of the deadly mineral in 2020, according to the...

Surgery is the best remedy for mesothelioma. The treatment removes a large chunk of the tumors from the body, instantly improving the chances of beating this cancer. Mesothelioma...

Trisha Noble, the actress who played Padme Amidala’s mom in the Star Wars movie series, died of mesothelioma a few weeks ago. OK! Magazine reported the news.  Noble, 76, is the...

Update: This blog was updated February 22, 2021, with new survival rates from a study about HITHOC with mesothelioma surgery. Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy can add...

Travel and money. Those are often the two biggest obstacles facing people with mesothelioma, and they’re connected. Patients and their families usually can’t get high-quality...