Category: Mesothelioma Information

Is Mesothelioma Considered a Rare Type of Cancer?

Mesothelioma is relatively rare compared to some of the more commonly-occurring cancers in the United States and around the world. According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 3,000 new cases of malignant mesothelioma are diagnosed in our nation each year, comprising less than 0.3% of all U.S. cancer diagnoses. Female breast cancer, by contrast, records […]

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How Real Is “Chemo Brain” and How Can Mesothelioma Patients Fight It?

If you have been diagnosed with mesothelioma or another form of cancer and are undergoing treatment, you have probably come across the phrase “chemo brain.” Outside (and sometimes inside) cancer care communities, there is a lot of uncertainty about what this actually means. Let’s look at the definition of this term, what causes the phenomenon […]

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Caregiving Tips for Helping a Loved One Through Mesothelioma Treatment

A mesothelioma diagnosis can be difficult for both your loved one and their family because they need to navigate this new disease and how to continue life from there. As their loved one, there are things you can do to help ease their lives and make them more comfortable while going through treatments and trying […]

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How to Determine What Caused a Loved One’s Mesothelioma Diagnosis

A diagnosis of mesothelioma can be harrowing for a family. If it’s in late stages, there might not be much that the doctors can do to treat you or your loved one. Unfortunately, mesothelioma is a type of cancer that typically isn’t found early, meaning that it’s usually advanced with little options for treatment and […]

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How Can an Early Diagnosis Help Mesothelioma Patients?

When dealing with any sickness, being diagnosed early on can give you a better chance at making a full and quick recovery. With cancers, and especially rare cancers like mesothelioma, an early diagnosis can be the difference between life and death for patients. There are different ways that you can get an early diagnosis, but […]

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How a New Laser System May Hold Hope for Mesothelioma Tumor Removal

Mesothelioma not only is a rare cancer, but it manifests in places of the body that are hard to perform surgery on. Since mesothelioma is found in the lungs, abdomen, and heart, and is typically discovered in late stages, it is hard to perform surgery on or remove the tumors that have grown. However, a […]

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What to Expect During End Stage Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma is a terminal illness that develops years after exposure to asbestos. This exposure could have happened from living or working in a building that had asbestos containing materials or if someone worked in construction and they were around asbestos. It’s likely that the exposure to asbestos, and the resulting mesothelioma diagnosis, happened because of […]

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