The Mesothelioma Guide Blog

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...

When Larry Samuels says he’s active in his community, he’s really active. His list of groups is more than nine deep. For example, he’s a board member, a former board...

Pleural mesothelioma starts in the thin lining between your chest and lungs. From there, it can grow in any direction: into your chest wall, towards your lungs and heart, up to...

The Mesothelioma Guide podcast and the Mesothelioma Monthly email newsletter both reached impressive milestones recently. The 10th episode of the Mesothelioma Guide podcast was...

The story of Linda P. perfectly shows why people with mesothelioma shouldn’t accept defeat. They aren’t limited to treatment from a local hospital. They aren’t constrained...

What is a mesothelioma patient advocate? That question does not have a quick or simple answer. “I feel like so much goes into it,” Jenna Campagna said on the latest...

In July of 2019, nearly a dozen states filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The legal action revolved around the EPA’s current asbestos...