The Mesothelioma Guide Blog

Jodi was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma more than 20 years ago, on December 27, 1999. She was only 26 years old. Despite being diagnosed around the holidays, Jodi focuses on...

A new clinical trial could help many recently diagnosed pleural mesothelioma patients. The study, hosted by researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, will combine...

A bill banning asbestos is one step closer to becoming law in the United States. Numerous websites, including Bloomberg Environment, reported that the House Energy and Commerce...

Experts continue exploring new treatment options for mesothelioma patients. Some ideas aren’t brand new but are tweaks to current forms of care. The recent rise of proton...

Mesothelioma survivor Alexis Kidd received her mesothelioma diagnosis in 2007, more than 16 years ago. So excuse her for not remembering everything about the months leading up to...

Two reports last week reinforce what many medical experts — and, unfortunately, even some mesothelioma patients — strongly believed. At least some of Johnson & Johnson’s...

There are two primary surgeries for pleural mesothelioma patients: extrapleural pneumonectomy and pleurectomy with decortication. Some mesothelioma experts suggest a third: talc...

Imagine it’s seven years from now. Or maybe it’s 10 or 20 years into the future. A person is told difficult-to-hear news from their doctor: They have mesothelioma, a rare and...

Mesothelioma takes between 20 and 50 years to develop. Due to this long latency period, the asbestos-caused cancer affects middle-aged and elderly people most often. If a patient...

Immunotherapy drugs are commonplace in mesothelioma clinical trials. However, in many cases, these drugs can’t fight cancer alone. A new Phase 2 pleural mesothelioma clinical...