Mesothelioma Remission

While researchers continue to seek a cure for mesothelioma, there are signs of hope: Many people have achieved remission. For a small number of patients have spontaneous remission. In other cases, adopted patterns of specialized treatment for patients in remission. The remission of cancer - including mesothelioma - may fall into one of two categories: complete remission and partial remission. Complete remission means that all signs of cancer have disappeared. Although rare and poorly understood, the complete remission possible. Researchers continue to study why some patients experience complete remission, while others do not.

Partial remission means the cancer is improving significantly. Some long-term survivors mesothelioma can be considered in partial remission when they survive for several years after diagnosis, although the tumors may still be present.

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Mesothelioma patients who have received the remission

Some examples of forgiveness:

54 year old man in Germany, with pleural mesothelioma achieved significant partial remission after receiving seven cycles of chemotherapy drug gemcitabine. CT taken 36 weeks after treatment revealed that the tumor had shrunk by more than 50 percent. The report said the patient, locally advanced and removed the tumor, and was welcomed with a mild, flu-like side effects, through the first three cycles of treatment.

A British hospital patient, a diagnosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma, as the disease regresses spontaneously. For a period of 12 years, there was only a dress rehearsal. Recurrence - six years after the original regression - has led to successful surgery without complications.

A Japanese woman with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma came into complete remission after surgery and injections of a combination of chemotherapy and caffeine. After surgery, the woman underwent a routine chemotherapy of cisplatin and etoposide. The side effects to their doctor to change the regime of chemotherapy for uracil and tegafur. The tumor and ascites disappeared 223 days after surgery. Her remission lasted eight months. Cancer recurrence in women pleura.

A woman of 61 years was diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma poorly differentiated epithelial in 2002. She came in a clinical trial of thalidomide Australian chemotherapy drug, but before the trial began, the tumor began to show signs of regression. In June 2003, multiple pleural masses completely absent. The woman was last examined in June 2007 when she was healthy and showed no signs of tumors.

Contribute to the delivery of mesothelioma or regression?

After examining the medical history, doctors have identified several factors that may affect the remission of the mesothelioma. Surgery is the treatment most likely to result in prolonged remission, but some patients have noted a partial or complete remission after other treatments, such as:

Systemic chemotherapy

Immunotherapy

Oxygen

Significant changes in the diet (by adopting a vegetarian diet)

Nutritional supplements

For example, animal studies have shown a favorable response to immunotherapy with genetically modified version of the Newcastle disease virus (a virus that affects birds). Mesothelioma cell lines were susceptible to the virus genetically modified. Poll, 65 percent of the animals are fully responsible for Newcastle antiviral drugs within 14 days of treatment. This led the researchers suggested that the virus of Newcastle disease may be able to promote the removal of pleural mesothelioma.

While each of these promising treatments offer some benefit for patients, have not always been shown to trigger a partial remission. Disease is unique for each patient to respond differently to treatment. For more information on clinical trials that explore the possibilities, the care, fill out the form on this page. In addition to a scheduled meeting Mesothelioma Medical Center can help patients to locate an expert in his field of mesothelioma.

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Sources:

http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/187_07_011007/all10028_fm.html

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21348586

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20858727

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17184695?dopt=Abstract

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10194545