Of all the cancers caused by asbestos dust (mesothelioma), pericardial mesothelioma is the most rare, accounting for a fraction of all cases (5%). It is a cancer that grows on the pericardium (the lining of the heart). This is a delicate ‘film’, and any infection on the pericardium can have deadly consequences.
Once an individual has […]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved Alimta (pemetrexed disodium) for use in combination with cisplatin for the treatment of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. It is the first drug approved for this condition.
Mesothelioma treatment can involve surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, or a combination of the three. Malignant mesothelioma is, however, difficult to treat as […]
Description of mesothelioma
Mesothelioma is mainly caused due to contact with asbestos, which has zeolite. When inhaled, the asbestos fibers reach the pleural layer of our lungs and damages the mesothelial cells. When consumed, the asbestos fibers get to our abdominal cavity and cause peritoneal mesothelioma that can spread to the other parts of the body.
However, […]
President Nixon declared war on cancer on 3 December 1971 and promised the American people and the world then that victory over cancer would be achieved within five years. It was not to be. Today cancer shot up to be the number one killer in the US. ?The war on war was a qualified failure? […]
Our body is made up thousands of cells that differ in size, shape and function. Controlled by our DNA, each cell is programmed to perform certain tasks and after a specified period of time - die. This is normally done in an orderly manner. However, if our cells are exposed to carcinogens, […]
Frequently, the interaction between illness and treatment is described as a battle or a war. If we hold with that analogy, then cancer can best be described as a civil war. A cancerous cell operates as if it believes that martial law has been declared in the body. Sadly, because we cling to this confrontational […]
A cancer diagnosis is always a shock, and studies show that people with a positive, aggressive, ?co-doctor? attitude towards their cancer have higher survival rates. It also is true that doctors practicing conventional medicine are trapped in a system that only lets them follow and prescribe the ?standard of treatment,? even if they themselves […]
Skin cancer is one form of cancer that is often disregarded by many people. It can kill, but unique treatments exist. Cryosurgery is one of them.There is little doubt that cancer is a scary topic for just about anyone. That being said, there are some forms of cancer which do not always sound serious, but […]
Prostate cancer medications working in conjunction with hormonal therapy serve as an aggressive treatment against the progression of prostate cancer. Wonder why? Well, man produce a hormone commonly known as testosterone, often equated with making a guy “macho,” testosterone can stimulate the growth of cancerous cells in the prostate, in turn accelerating the development of […]
There are many different types of cancer therapies. Some are well established and some more experimental. Some have proven to be useful only in certain cancers and not in others.
If you embark on the path of researching cancer treatments, you?ll become very familiar very quickly with the treatments being used for the particular cancer you?re […]
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