Mesothelioma Treatment
There are three traditional treatment modalities for mesothelioma: – Surgery, Radiation Therapy and Chemotherapy. The location and the stage of the disease, as well as the patient’s age and general health, will determine which treatment should be used to get the best results. These treatments may also be combined. The multi-treatment approach appears to provide the most positive results for treating mesothelioma.
Statistically, the treatment of malignant mesothelioma using conventional therapies in combination with radiation and or chemotherapy on stage 1 or 2 mesothelioma have proved on average almost 75 percent successful in extending the patients life span by five years or more – this is commonly known as remission, -however this percentage may increase or decrease depending on date of discovery and therefore the stage of malignant development.
In January 2009, the United States FDA approved using conventional therapies such as surgery in combination with radiation and or chemotherapy on stage 1 or 2 mesothelioma after research conducted by a nationwide study by Duke University concluded an almost 50 point increase in remission rates.
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Asbestos Law Conference Features Judges, Physicians, Litigators – and Erin Brockovich
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ — Judges from California, Illinois, New
York, and Pennsylvania are appearing on the faculty of the “Emerging Trends in
Asbestos Litigation Conference” scheduled for March 9-11, 2009 at The Four
Seasons in Beverly Hills. Noted environmental activist Erin Brockovich –
the subject of the award-winning movie bearing her name — will deliver the
keynote address.
The program is being presented by HB Litigation Conferences LLC, formerly
Mealey’s Conferences, and is being chaired by three attorneys who are well-
known in tort litigation circles: John Cooney of Cooney & Conway in Chicago,
Timothy Krippner of Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney in Chicago, and Perry
Weitz of Weitz & Luxenberg in New York.
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