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Data Supports Further Investigation of Mesothelioma Virotherapy

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Oncolytics Biotech presented data that indicates malignant mesothelioma cells are sensitive to certain viruses. Their presentation titled “Combination Immunotherapy and Oncolytics Virotherapy for the Treatment of Malignant Mesothelioma” discussed in vitro data showing mesothelioma cells could be suitable targets for reoviruses which could then attack and compromise them. The company currently has 7 ongoing phase […]

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Piroxicam and Cisplatin Show Promise Against Mesothelioma Cells

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Piroxicam, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), has shown anti-tumoral activity which is amplified when combined with Cisplatin. Researchers used two mesothelioma cell lines and treated cells with piroxicam and cisplatin alone then combined the two treatments. Cell growth was significantly limited in both lines and treatment with either agent appeared to disrupt cell cycle phase

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Study: Disappointing Results for Mesothelioma and Chemotherapy

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A study in the newest issue of The Lancet concluded that adding chemotherapy to other treatments given to mesothelioma patients does not appear to affect survival or quality of life. Patients suffering from malignant pleural mesothelioma were separated into three groups. The first was given a weekly injection of vinorelbine while the second was a

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Animal models of mesothelioma

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This month’s Journal of Inhalation Technology has a review article on how animals have been invaluable in research on mesothelioma treatment. Scientists have induced pleural mesothelioma and peritoneal mesothelioma in rodents and then running a variety of mechanistic studies. They’ve looked at development of the disease from the time the fibers enter the body and

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UK’s National Carers Week

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We generally call them “caregivers” in the US, while they apparently use the term “carer” in Britain. This is National Carers Week with a focus on “In sickness and in health”, promoting issues relating to carers’ health and wellbeing. Taking care of oneself is a challenge for many caregivers.

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Angiogenesis inhibitors for cancer therapy

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There is a new page over at the always excellent Mayo Clinic website about angiogenesis inhibitors and their possible use as cancer therapy. There was considerable excitement about angiogenesis inhibitors back in the late 1990s. This excitement faded somewhat when early tests did not produce the kind of miracle results people were hoping for. But

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Sequential Chemotherapy

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CancerConsultants.com had an article about trying to find an effective chemotherapy regimen for mesothelioma. This is such an intractable form of cancer and resists forms of therapy that are effective for other cancers: radiation, surgery, simple chemotherapy. The cutting edge of mesothelioma treatment involves combination therapy: more than one treatment. There’s a study out of

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Avastin to be used for lung cancer

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When it was still in development and clinical trials, avastin (bevacizumab) was used in trials for mesothelioma. The authorities sometimes allow experimental drugs to be used in mesothelioma treatment, partly because there are so few effective treatments for mesothelioma and because it more or less an orphan disease (i.e. rare). Avastin was eventually “approved” by

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