New Genetic Insights into Mesothelioma (Brigham and Women’s Hospital)

Mesothelioma is a rare but deadly form of cancer: the five-year survival rate for patients diagnosed with the disease is between five and ten percent. Although aggressive surgery can help some patients with early-stage mesothelioma, current treatments for patients with more advanced mesothelioma are not effective. Physician-researchers from the International Mesothelioma Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have been caring for patients with mesothelioma for the past 25 years and, in pa...
Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news