'Not A Finished Issue': Almost 700 More People Die From Mesothelioma
'Not A Finished Issue': Almost 700 More People Die From Mesothelioma Mesothelioma an 'Not A Finished aggressive form cancer caused by asbestos is claiming the lives an average 700 per year, according report by the Health and Welfare released Wednesday, as more are reported the Mesothelioma Registry. Mesothelioma has the lowest survival all cancers, with 4 per 100, NSW recorded the highest diagnoses overall, hundreds Australians are diagnosed with every year, and can be inhaled into the can take decades develop into cancer. A clinical trial is exploring whether a novel immunotherapy/antiangiogenic combination can serve as an effective second-line treatment for pleural mesothelioma. Early indications of the four-center, phase II clinical trial are positive. The combination involves nivolumab (Opdivo) , a well-known immunotherapy drug, and ramucirumab (Cyramza), a therapy drug that blocks the formation of blood vessels needed for new tumor growth. The Food and Drug A...