TRADITIONAL CARE
There are three traditional kinds of treatment for patients with malignant mesothelioma:
• Surgery (taking out the cancer)
• Chemotherapy (using drugs to fight the cancer)
• Radiation Therapy (using high-dose x-rays or other high-energy rays to kill cancer cells)
Often two or more of these are combined in the course of treatment. (NEW! Click here for the
newest trial of trimodal lung-sparing treatment for pleural mesothelioma: The Columbia Protocol.)
