The tiny carbon nanotubes are being evaluated for use in numerous products and services, from sports equipment to medical applications, but many things still unknown about the health effects that have these nanotubes….

Chemotherapy involves using anticancer drugs that act by preventing cancer cells from multiplying. In most cases, combinations of drugs are used to increase efficiency. Chemotherapy can be used aggressively to reduce the tumor or palliative to relieve …

Data from two large studies show that open patients had survival rates at one year than 50% when treated with ALIMTA (R) (pemetrexed for injection) or with plans to base of ALIMTA for the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) in both first …

Chemotherapy of malignant pleural mesothelioma unresectable was approved in Europe in 2004. This combination of cisplatin to a new multi-target antifolate, pemetrexed (Alimta), improves length and quality of survival. In monotherapy, Alimta is indicate…

There are two surgical approaches to mesothelioma, the pleurectomy/decortication (P/D) and extrapleural pleuropneumonectomy (PPEP). These are highly specialized surgeries, and may not be offered in all schools. All thoracic surgeons are not relevant to…

Mesothelioma is a rare and virulent cancer of mesothelial surfaces, which affects the lining of the lungs (pleura), the abdominal cavity (peritoneum) or the lining around the heart (pericardium). Mesothelioma is caused by exposure to mineral fibers (as…

Pleurakanker or mesothelioma cancer is a rare but very much in the news is: exposure to asbestos is the major cause of pleurakanker, a serious cancer of the lung membranes that causes symptoms until late and against which little can begin. In Belgium, …

Asbestos disease, mesothelioma cancers, lung cancer and asbestosis are the diseases caused by asbestos because asbestos is different naturally occurring fibrous minerals in some rocks and soils. It has found wide application in industry and constructio…

The concept of mesothelioma in medical terms is defined as a form of cancer that was increased at a very fast rate after it is diagnosed. The mesothelial cells in the body after a thorough investigation of this disease, which are affected by several sc…

The doctors and researchers have not found in the search for answers to cure mesothelioma, but in context. Before we discuss about mesothelioma cure, it is necessary to go beyond what is mesothelioma and what are the possible causes of mesothelioma, a …