Tonight, as part of the “Meet the Experts” podcasts presented exclusively by the Meso Foundation, Dr. Julie Brahmer, Associate Professor of Oncology at the Sidney…
Dr. Raja Flores, chief of thoracic surgery at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and a featured speaker at our 2012 Symposium in Washington D.C., spoke…
Last week, on June 6, 2012, Mary Hesdorffer, MS, APRN, nurse practitioner and medical liaison for the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation, appeared before the United…
The website Medical News Today recently released findings of a new treatment for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. The treatment involves PDT (photodynamic therapy) conjunction with…
Patients often post on our bulletin board about their family members’ issues surrounding mesothelioma, which can differ greatly from the patient perspective. Though we remain…
There are a number of conditions that can contribute to cardiac arrhythmias in mesothelioma patients. Arrhythmias are rapid atypical heartbeats which lose the characteristic patterns…
I’ve had a chance to gain some distance and perspective over my latest CAT scan results. While they are not horrible, they are certainly not…
These are desperate times and I often get asked the question “should I pay for a treatment that my insurance company is denying”? This often becomes…
Reading the recent postings, I was struck anew by the sheer power of a force that has never stopped astonishing me since the day of…
Following treatment with Alimta and Cisplatin you may have a respite period until your tumor begins to once again become active. This is the time to…