Treatments

Clinical Trials

Current clinical trial information can be found under the clinical trial menu.

Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is used to target cancer cells.  It works by killing cancer cells, preventing them for reproducing and spreading to other areas in the body.

Immunotherapy

Immunotherapy is used to stimulate your own body’s immune system to find and attack cancer cells.

Radiotherapy

Radiotherapy is used to kill cancer cells with radiation.

Watch and Wait Approach

It may be a appropriate to keep a patient under close clinical and radiological surveillance without treatment particularly if they have minimal symptoms.  This approach is called ‘watch and wait’.

Symptom Directed Care

Best supportive care or palliative care involves alleviating and controlling symptoms caused by Mesothelioma and providing support for psychological, social, and spiritual problems.