The recurrence of cancer is one of the most dreaded fears during treatment . If mesothelioma does return, it becomes active again in the body after a period of dormancy. Recurrence can happen quickly, I.e. over weeks or months, or it can take much longer and occur years later. Recurrent cancers begin with abnormal [...]
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The most common drugs that are used to treat asbestos related disease such as ‘pleural mesothelioma’ include: Pemetrexed (Alimta) Cisplatin Carboplatin (paraplatin) Pleural Mesothelioma Pleural mesothelioma is predominantly caused by exposure to asbestos and is a rare cancer that develops in the ‘mesothelial cells’ The mesothelium cells make up the mesothelium, which [...]
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