Mesothelioma Treatment Options
- 21 November, 2011 //
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- Tags : disease, mesothelioma, options, research, treatment
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Recently, several treatments of the disease were developed. This leads to new hope in treating the disease more opportunities for the victims of this disease.
The research is largely on the development of new therapies or improve the traditional treatments of the past. This is very positive for the patients with the disease and new drugs and combinations to show the better results.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a new disease treatment options to explore. It is based on the theory that single-celled organisms when exposed to light die based frequencies. For this to happen in this treatment, some drugs that are administered intravenously in patients sensitive. Usually a few days to expand focus on the subject and diseased cells and destroy them. But there are some side effects such as skin sensitivity, nausea and vomiting.
Another treatment option is immunotherapy known as biological therapy. In this treatment, the body’s own immune system to treat the patient and disease control. If you suffer from this disease, it is the body’s ability to treat patients more difficult due to illness.
Immunotherapy is to rejuvenate the immune system in patients and thus improve the natural immune system in patients who are most effective against the disease. This method is also attempted, the immune system in places where they are to repair the damage. A natural substance called biological response modifier (BRM) are used in immunotherapy. Although the BIS is produced naturally in the body, studies have shown that it can be produced in the laboratory and found that the most effective natural BRM.
Another new treatment for diseases that have been developed, with intensity radiation therapy (IMRT). IMRT is a new treatment for an improvement in disease control. In this treatment, the researchers found that the radiation dose to the tumor without unnecessary damage to almost normal, healthy cells.
The treatment at the DNA level is an important step scholars. In gene therapy, doctors try to repair or replace damaged or abnormal genes. Two main types of gene therapy is currently the most widely used gene therapy and hormonal therapy, gene knockout. In gene therapy, replacement, or lack the gene that causes the disease is replaced, while the deletion of the gene, the gene for the formation of the tumor to be removed. With further research in gene therapy, much more information about genes, including genes constantly.As for the future treatment of the disease promising.
Other forms of treatment with a combination of surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy is multimodality therapy is also called, will be investigated.
Last but not least, intraoperative intraperitoneal temperature in connection with the suspicion, the use of the drug Alimta, a new label for the treatment of diseases.
Research in some areas for many gene therapy, biological and clinical pictures done to develop treatments and clear.
