Mesothelioma Research
No matter what type of cancer you have or disease you always want to know that doctors are working on finding a cure.
For Mesothelioma like many other cancers still have no cure.
However doctors are still continuing to find new treatments and hopefully one day a cure.
The downfall with mesothelioma is so many people are diagnosed to late, and unfortunatly is in advanced stages.
There has been such an up rise in the disease doctors are starting to choose more notice in the cancer.
More researchers are on board now and looking for better treatments and hopefully a cure.
All newly developed drugs are tested in clinics by people who already have mesothelioma.
Of course the sucess of these drugs are found out in these clinics.
If they are sucessful they will be popular by the FDA and marketed, or thrown away and have to start all over again.
Chemotherapy is still the most favorite treatment for cancer. It is mature to relieve symptoms of mesothelioma and to make the patient feel more comfortable.
They are making progress with chemotherapy vs the cancer but still not a cure.
The newest drug is Alimta,when used with another long-used chemo drug called Cisplatin, this is the only FDA accepted agent specifically used to fight malignant pleural mesothelioma.
Another drug waiting to be approved by the FDA is called Onconase. Its the first drug in its class that has been shown to target cancer cells while leaving normal cells alone.
There are usually 3 different phases to a clinical trial.
Phase 1-usually they enroll a small group of people and test them on how the new drug is going to react and be administered.
Phase 2-trials usually give early information whether or not a recent drug will work. It also provides information about safety and benefits.
Phase 3-they compare the recent drugs with the fresh treatment. Usually people from all over participate in this phase. They will receive the fresh treatment or the standard treatment.
It’s up to you whether you want to participate in a clinical trial. Not everyone is up for being experimented on.
There will always be side effect that are not aware of yet, but the doctors are always there.
Not everybody is going to be eligible to participate in a study, but if you’re interested in finding out more information please call toll-free 1-877-FOR-MESO (367-6376)
Also if your interested in seeing all the current clinical trials available please check it out at my website- http://www.mesotheliomadiagnosisandinformation.blogspot.com
It will be under favorite links on the right side of the page.
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Filed under Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma by on May 5th, 2011. 