"Mesothelioma Information"

Mesothelioma, as you know very well, it is not easily curable disease. as the symptoms of the mesothelioma is noticed only afer 15-20 years of exposure, it is really difficult to diagnose the disease in early stage.

Initially researchers try different treatment protocols like surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. But permanent cure is not at all possible.

Immunotherapy

This is an innovative treatment being tested with the patients suffering from mesothelioma. Immunotherapy make use of the individuals immune system to fight against mesothelioma. This therapy helps to make use of substances present in the immune system to fight the mesothelioma. Make use of the substances found in the immune system to give tough fight to the tumor cells.

Interferon and interleukin-2 are the two common substances, which are being used widely to prevent the growth of tumor cells. recent study confirms that heating these substances prior to injection helps to kill the tumor cells. But clinical trials and those with malignant mesothelioma have not responded well to immunotherapy.

This entry was posted on Friday, October 10th, 2008 at 12:47 pm and is filed under Treatment. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.