Mesothelioma

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Imfinzi alone or combined with Imjudo may improve survival and tumor response when administered before surgery, opening the door to neoadjuvant mesothelioma treatments.

Years after I went through mesothelioma, my husband was diagnosed with cancer, causing a reversal in the patient-caregiver roles.

After being diagnosed with mesothelioma, I learned to advocate for myself, and realized that it was an incredibly important life skill to have.

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Patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma tended to have prolonged benefit when treated with Keytruda plus Lenvima in the PEMMELA clinical trial.

I don’t fit the profile of someone who gets diagnosed with mesothelioma, so my diagnosis came as a shock.

The FDA plans to accelerate its review of IK-930, an investigational drug, for the treatment of patients with unresectable NF2-deficient malignant pleural mesothelioma, a rare cancer.

Part B of the DIONE-01 study will look at whether IOA-244 increases anti-tumor responses in expansion groups of patients.

Imfinzi plus platinum-pemetrexed chemotherapy induced survival improvements in patients with previously untreated, unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma, compared with chemotherapy alone.

Treatment with the immunotherapy Opdivo for relapsed, malignant mesothelioma may represent a useful choice for patients with minimal therapy options.

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Surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma after radiotherapy may increase overall survival rates, according to a study. However, study authors note that the procedure should only be adopted in centers with substantial surgical experience.

Mesothelioma has been categorized as an “older persons” disease, writes a 14-year survivor. Which is why, she writes, her and her family were completely caught off-guard when she was diagnosed at 21.

The FDA’s approval or Opdivo (nivolumab) and Yervoy (ipilimumab) for the frontline treatment of patients with unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma was desperately needed, says a thoracic oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer center. However, some questions remain.

The Food and Drug Administration’s approval of Opdivo in combination with Yervoy for patients with unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma marks the first new systemic therapy approved in more than 15 years in this setting.

Here is a list of clinical trials that are currently happening within the mesothelioma space.