Better Treatment Proposed for Mesothelioma
Article Added June 11th, 2007 - Print This Story - Bookmark This Story
A national cancer institute has released a report this week stating that they have research suggesting a better way to treat mesothelioma, a form of lung cancer associated with asbestos exposure. A cancer institute announced that they might have found a better way to treat mesothelioma, a form of aggressive lung cancer. The announcement was made at the annual American Association of Cancer Research meeting in California, and was met with interest. For victims suffering from malignant pleural mesothelioma, the research suggests a way to diagnose the disease sooner by biomarkers in the victims’ genes. This protein may also play a key part in treatments that will prolong and improve the quality of life, as well as handle the cancer more aggressively. For most mesothelioma victims, the time from diagnosis to death can be measured in months. A result of asbestos exposure, mesothelioma occurs when asbestos particles are inhaled into the lungs and get caught there. The particles keep the tissue in the lungs from absorbing oxygen, in effect suffocating the victim. While time is short for victims when they are diagnosed, the cancer can lay dormant in a person for decades after the exposure.
Article Added June 11th, 2007 - Print This Story - Bookmark This Story
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