Study of potential new treatment for mesothelioma open to patients

Study of potential new treatment for mesothelioma open to patients

The Baylor College of Medicine Mesothelioma Treatment Center at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center has begun enrolling patients in a clinical research study looking at an investigational drug in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma who have started on chemotherapy or whose cancer has progressed after initial chemotherapy. Pleural mesothelioma is a rare and aggressive cancer that develops in the pleura, a thin layer of tissue that surrounds the lungs.

Study of potential new treatment for mesothelioma open to patients

The Baylor College of Medicine Mesothelioma Treatment Center at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center has begun enrolling patients in a clinical research study looking at an investigational drug in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma who have started on chemotherapy or whose cancer has progressed after initial chemotherapy. Pleural mesothelioma is a rare and aggressive cancer that develops in the pleura, a thin layer of tissue that surrounds the lungs.