Dr. Smythe discusses the symptoms and treatment options for patients with mesothelioma. He gives practical advice to patients for finding the right physician after being diagnosed with mesothelioma. Dr. Smythe also speaks about his research interests in mesothelioma and new trends he believes will emerge in the cancer field over the coming years. Dr. Smythe is currently the chairman of the department of surgery at Scott and White Memorial Hospital as well as the chairman of surgery at the Texas A and M Health Science Center College of Medicine. He holds the Glen and Rita K. Roney endowed chair in surgery and is a professor of molecular and cellular medicine for the medical school.
Dr. David Sugarbaker, one of the country's leading thoracic surgeons, discusses potential treatment options for mesothelioma patients. He is the Director of the International Mesothelioma Program and the Chief of Thoracic Surgery at Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Mass. Motley Rice LLC co-founder Joe Rice has been representing asbestos clients for decades and discusses mesothelioma treatment options that his clients may want to research.
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Mesothelioma is a most lethal cancer. It has unusual characteristics. The more I look at it the more I am convinced it does not behave like a true solid tissue cancer.
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o Serosal membranes very rarely become malignant except with Mesothelioma.
A Cure for Mesothelioma?
o It is not asbestos fiber dose dependent.
o It is not cigarette smoking dose related.
o Probably occurs only in cases where there was prior evidence of a pleurisy (benign) usually with evidence of pleural thickening.
o Latency is different (usually longer) than any other known malignancy.
o 275 day median survival is more in keeping with an uncontrollable infection (all be it a malignant one) than a solid tumor growth pattern.
o Simian 40 virus DNA parts have been found in mesothelioma specimens.
o Rarely if ever found as a distant metastasis (e.g. brain or liver spread).
I believe it is a viral infection gone malignant e.g. HIV type malignant behavior so that it looks more like asbestos fiber activation of a common virus infection in turn causing a variety of clinical conditions. Many of these clinical conditions can be quite innocuous. In benign pleural effusions we don't find a pleural cavity full of asbestos needles - It would appear we haven't been culturing for the right agent.
If Mesothelioma is a rogue viral infection - then there is the possibility of developing a vaccine and offering vaccination to asbestos exposed people who are at heightened risk of developing future asbestos related malignancies.
Q: Is asbestos a co-carcinogen to a viral infection?
A: Needs to be studied...
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