Mesothelioma

Drug combination extends survival

Published in Cancer Weekly, August 5th, 2003

Patients with cancer of the lining of the lung, known as pleural mesothelioma, live longer and have less pain and shortness of breath when treated with a combination of cisplatin plus a newer drug called pemetrexed than if they received cisplatin alone according to a Phase III study.

This study - presented in part at a plenary session at last year's meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) - is the first to show a benefit for this type of cancer.

"For the first time we have a therapy for mesothelioma that makes a difference," said study director Nicholas J. Vogelzang, MD, Fred C. Buffett Professor of Medicine and director of the...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2003-08-05)

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