Chemotherapy for Mesothelioma
Key takeaways: Chemotherapy has been the standard for treating mesothelioma, givenmesothelioma’s relative rarity, heterogenous presentation, and tendency to spread throughout thebody. Because chemotherapy is a systemic treatment–meaning it interrupts the life cycles of allbodily cells–it’s largely effective in treating metastasized tumors and mesothelioma, moregenerally. Despite its extensive list of side effects, chemotherapy is still the […]
