Immunotherapy for pleural mesothelioma – is this the answer?
Recent developments in medical science have resulted in the wide use of immunotherapy as an emerging tool in tackling various forms of cancer, but its effectiveness in combatting asbestos related mesothelioma, remains in the balance. Researchers at the University of Salford have recently published a report on the immune checkpoint inhibitor, tremelimumab, and have classified […]
Uneven drug distribution may account for poor treatment responses
A new imaging technique which visualises how a drug spreads through a tumour, has shown that the cancer drug, Taxol, is unevenly distributed through pleural mesothelioma. It is thought that this may be why mesothelioma treatment is often not successful. In healthy tissue, drugs are generally distributed evenly through the blood but this does not […]
Positive news from mesothelioma clinical trial
Boehringer Ingelheim, a pharmaceutical company has presented information about a study they have been conducting, to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a drug, nintedanib when combined with pemetrexed and ciplatin, to treat pleural mesothelioma. The study has so far looked at 87 patients with unresectable malignant, pleural mesothelioma assigned to either the nintedanib, pemetrexed […]
Sea cucumbers could fight mesothelioma
An active agent found in Caribbean sea cucumbers has already started to be used in the treatment of ovarian cancer and researchers believe it could be effective in the treatment of mesothelioma. A study conducted by the Comprehensive Cancer Centre of MedUni Vienna and Vienna General Hospital has found that trabectedin, an active agent in […]
What new treatment options are currently taking place for mesothelioma patients?
Clinical trials Clinical trials are medical trials which compare the effects of one medical treatment with another. They help doctors understand how to treat a particular disease or condition. If you take part in a medical trial, you may be the first person to receive a brand new treatment which may be more effective. However, […]