How is mesothelioma treated?
For those who are diagnosed with mesothelioma, getting treatment is much more important than filing a mesothelioma claim. Please make sure that your or your loved one is getting proper treatment before you worry about mesothelioma lawsuits.
Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy. The most common treatment option for mesothelioma, chemotherapy can be administered through a pill, injection or intravenously. Chemotherapy uses a drug or a combination of drugs to kill cancer cells. The drug can be administered systemically (through the blood stream) or directly into an area such as the pleural cavity. There are new chemotherapy advances as researchers continue to attempt to find successful treatment protocols and uncover new cancer information for mesothelioma. In a recent clinical trial study, researchers reported that mesothelioma patients on a new chemotherapy drug regimen lived longer and had less pain. The results show that tumors shrank in 41% of patients on pemetrexed (brand name Alimta ™) in combination with cisplatin, another form of chemotherapy. According to the study, only 17% of patients receiving cisplatin alone experienced tumor shrinkage and those on the pemetrexed combination, on average, lived almost 3 months longer. Radiation therapy kills cancer cells or shrinks tumors with high-energy x-rays. Radiation therapy can damage healthy tissue in the process of treating cancer. Research is now examining ways of delivering radiation directly to the tumor. In radiation therapy, a machine may be used to emit radiation, or radioisotopes (materials that produce radiation) may be administered through plastic tubes in the part of the body where the cancer cells are found.
A Brief Background on Your Legal Rights Regarding Mesothelioma Companies that manufacture products that contain asbestos have known for over 60 years that asbestos can cause serious diseases.
Unfortunately, because many of these companies wanted to increase their profits, they kept this information quiet, thereby seriously endangering their workers.
There are now laws that help protect the workers who have been harmed by their exposure to these asbestos-related products.
However, since representing mesothelioma can be so profitable to attorneys, it is important that people who have mesothelioma be especially careful selecting attorneys who are really qualified to represent them. Therefore, we have created a list of...
Important Questions to Ask When Selecting a Mesothelioma Attorney
Question #1 to Ask When Selecting a Mesothelioma Attorney:
What is your personal experience in representing mesothelioma patients? Your goal is to find out how many cases the attorney has actually handled.
You also want to know: how many of these were settled, and how many of these went to trial? What were the results of each case?
You should ask the same questions about his or her law firm. You're goal is to find out about the firm -- is this an area the firm specializes in?
Question #2 to Ask When Selecting a Mesothelioma Attorney:
Next, you want to ask if the lawyer intends to actually handle your case him or herself. Many attorneys simply refer these cases to another law firm and receive part of the fee in exchange. This may not be in your best interest
