{"id":10825,"date":"2022-08-21T21:34:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T21:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/?post_type=blog&p=10825"},"modified":"2023-02-13T22:25:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T22:25:34","slug":"hyperthermic-intrathoracic-chemotherapy-hithoc-and-mesothelioma","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.asbestosclaims.law\/es\/asbestos-blog\/quimioterapia-intratoracica-hipertermica-y-mesotelioma\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyperthermic Intrathoracic Chemotherapy (HITHOC) and Mesothelioma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Cutting edge cancer treatment could offer new treatment for mesothelioma patients.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Pleural mesothelioma is a particularly aggressive cancer. Despite advances in modern medicine, survival rates remain low. The University of Pennsylvania\u2019s Abramson Cancer Center<\/a> estimates that only 10% of patients live five years beyond their initial mesothelioma diagnoses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, scientists are constantly researching new treatments for asbestos-illnesses and cancers like mesothelioma.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

While there is no recognized cure for any cancer, researchers believe that hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy\u2014a new, experimental treatment\u2014could extend survival. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What is malignant pleural mesothelioma?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Malignant pleural mesothelioma is a rare and unusually aggressive cancer that affects the pleura<\/a>, the thin layer of tissue which encases the lungs and lines the interior of the chest. While mesothelioma has several potential causes, most cases occur in individuals with a prior history of asbestos exposure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“The overall evidence suggests there is no safe level of asbestos exposure.\u201d<\/h3>\n

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What exactly is asbestos?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Asbestos is an industrial term for six naturally occurring minerals<\/a> known for being inherently strong, resilient, and heat-resistant. For decades, it was a mainstay of American industry. Between the early 20th<\/sup> century and late 1970s, asbestos could be found in everything from automotive parts to vinyl tiles and floor paint<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s the problem with asbestos?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

However, asbestos\u2019s durability is also its greatest danger. When people are exposed to asbestos—at work<\/a>, outside, or in their own home\u2014they could inhale crumbled fibers. Over time, these fibers can accumulate inside the lungs, scarring tissue and causing irreversible inflammation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asbestos can also provoke genetic mutations, which may prompt cells to multiply uncontrollably. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

When these cells begin to accumulate, they can form cancerous tumors. Physicians diagnose a cancer as malignant pleural mesothelioma when it occurs in the pleural lining of the lungs or chest cavity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, malignant pleural mesothelioma can also migrate to other parts of the body, affecting a variety of critical organs and systems. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mesothelioma is Challenging to Treat.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Like most other asbestos-related diseases, malignant pleural mesothelioma has a long latency period.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A latency period is how long it takes for symptoms of a condition to appear.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With asbestos illnesses like asbestosis and mesothelioma, the first diagnosis can happen several decades after the person was exposed<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other words, many people who are diagnosed with the disease never realized their body had been compromised by asbestos. Mesothelioma\u2019s aggressive nature, coupled with the advanced age of most patients, makes it notoriously difficult to treat. Even intensive interventions\u2014like chemotherapy and radiation\u2014often fail to significantly improve patient outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cGenerally, those who develop asbestos-related diseases show no signs of illness for a long time after exposure.\u201d<\/h3>\n

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Searching for improved treatment and a cure to mesothelioma.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, medical researchers have never stopped searching for new ways to reverse the historic and ongoing harms of the asbestos industry<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What exactly is Heated Intrathoracic Chemotherapy (HITHOC)?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Heated Intrathoracic Chemotherapy (HITHOC) can be a supplemental treatment for mesothelioma.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy is an experimental type of chemotherapy, employed immediately after a major tumor-removal surgery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes referred to by its acronym, HITHOC, this new technique for cancer treatment involves:<\/p>\n\n\n\n