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Mesothelioma Therapy

Treating mesothelioma has long been seen as a difficult task and continues to prove difficult in the later stages of the disease. Even though stage 3 and 4 are almost impossible to successfully treat, new therapy options for early stages of mesothelioma are proving quite successful. New treatment options have led to increased survival periods for older patients as well as helping patients who are otherwise healthy enough to partake in chemotherapy see the highest 5-year survival rates they have ever seen; about 40% of those treated with only the most effective mesothelioma therapy continue to be disease-free at the 5-year mark.

Typical therapy options include some mix of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Improved chemotherapy and radiation regimens continue to promise patients better chances of successful treatment and survival. Important in the process of treatment and recovery is physical therapy to rebuild the muscles, which decrease in size and threaten to atrophy under the stresses of chemotherapy.

The medical community continues to explore the possibility of an improved ratio or even a possible new drug entirely to be used as an effective mesothelioma therapy. Current chemotherapy regimens are carryovers used to fight cancers like adenocarcinoma with slight modifications. The slight modifications made by inventive oncologists have led to increased survival rates and have led to the hope that survival rates will continue to improve.