Location: Cancer: Stories, Support and Information

Discussion: New Clinical Trial Studying Chemotherapy & Radiation TreatmentsReported This is a featured thread

Category: Discussion Forum / General Discussion
Showing 1 post

cocojambo
New Clinical Trial Studying Chemotherapy & Radiation Treatments
Sep 7 2008, 1:12 PM EDT | Post edited: Sep 7 2008, 1:12 PM EDT
A new clinical trial to study alternative radiation & chemotherapy treatments for pleural mesothelioma is underway at the The Mesothelioma Center within the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Robert Taub, the pioneer of the study and director of the Mesothelioma Center at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia and professor of clinical medicine at Columbia University (College of Surgeons Department) quotes, "Current surgical and chemotherapy treatments of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma are unsatisfactory, and have not been shown to significantly prolong survival. In this study, we will investigate whether a combination of chemotherapy and radiation targeted directly at the lung's lining can improve outcomes while avoiding surgery. In addition, this approach has shown to have minimal toxic side effects compared to systemic chemotherapy."
Source: http://www.themesotheliomalibrary.com Do you find this valuable?    

Sign in to be the first to reply.

Related Content

  (what's this?Related ContentThanks to keyword tags, links to related pages and threads are added to the bottom of your pages. Up to 15 links are shown, determined by matching tags and by how recently the content was updated; keeping the most current at the top. Share your feedback on Wetpaint Central.)
mesothelioma cancer Mesothelioma Malignant mesothelioma