Everything You Need To Know About Mesothelioma

Types Of Chemotherapy

Systemic chemotherapy can help shrink or stop mesothelioma from growing and is sometimes used on patients who have cancerous cells and growths that cannot be removed surgically. Sometimes chemotherapy drugs can be administered directly to the abdominal cavity in order to reach the cancer without harming healthy cells. Chemotherapy may be followed by radiation to pinpoint and treat specific areas of cancer or simply to alleviate painful symptoms of the disease. There are also clinical trials investigating gene therapy, biological therapy, which uses the body’s own immune system to battle the cancer, and targeted therapy, which uses certain drugs to specifically target cancer cells in certain parts of the body.

Finally, learn what the possible outcomes are for patients with mesothelioma.