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Mesothelioma Cytoreductive Surgery at International Mesothelioma Program (IMP) Increases Survivability Patients diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma are usually given a very grim prognosis, and in the past had very few treatment options.  However, due to the pioneering efforts...

Dr. Giovanni Gaudino is an Italian biochemist and molecular biologist who researches the molecular mechanisms of asbestos and its relationship to the development of mesothelioma. In addition to his laboratory research in Italy, Dr. Gaudino conducts mesothelioma research...

There once was an asbestos factory in the small town of Casale Monferrato in northwest Italy, known by its townspeople as the “factory of cancer”.  At one time or another, most residents of Casale Monferrato worked in this...

Many of us know that malignant mesothelioma is very difficult to treat.  Dr. Giovanni Gaudino, the prominent Italian medical researcher, talked to Galiher DeRobertis & Waxman about mesothelioma treatment and the hope his research offers.  He said: “…...

The Researcher and the Clinician – “Translational Research” “We are used to work[ing] with molecules, with cells,…with experimental animals, while…physicians are used to work[ing] with real live patients, and of course we use different…[terminology] sometimes…[In] some cases, collaboration...

Well known approaches to cancer treatment include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and chemicals.  All of these conventional therapies have been and are still being used to treat mesothelioma.  While some of these approaches have been successful with...