Items Tagged ‘#mesothelioma’

February 3, 2022

Lung cancer: It is about more than smoking

By Susan Murphy Susan Murphy (@susanmurphy)

By Sharon Theimer World Cancer Day is February 4 and that makes this the ideal time to talk about lung cancer and smoking. Internationally, lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer deaths and the World Health Organization estimates that 90% of cases could be prevented by eliminating tobacco use. People who smoke are at the greatest risk. Smokeless tobacco is also associated […]

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Tags: #Dr. Aaron Mansfield, #mesothelioma, Lung Cancer


January 12, 2022

Mayo Clinic researchers discover biomarker for predicting immunotherapy response in mesothelioma cancer 

By Susan Murphy Susan Murphy (@susanmurphy)

Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine researchers may have discovered a genomic signature to predict which patients with mesothelioma could benefit from immunotherapy.  

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Tags: #mesothelioma, cancer, Cancer Research, center for individualized medicine, Genetics, genomics


November 26, 2018

Mayo Clinic discovery advances potential individualized treatment for mesothelioma

By Susan Buckles Susan Buckles (@susanbuckles)

Large chromosomal rearrangements present in mesothelioma could make it possible to understand which patients are likely respond to immunotherapy,  researchers at the Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine  have discovered. The research is published in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology. “What we’ve shown so far is that these large complex chromosomal rearrangements are frequent in […]

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Tags: #Dr. Aaron Mansfield, #mesothelioma, Cancer Research, Dr. George Vasmatzis, Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine


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