Real Mesothelioma Data
As Treatment Costs Rise, and Savings Dwindle, Mesothelioma Patients Rely on Compensation for More Life
Mesothelioma is expensive. Not only does the cancer itself exact a heavy toll on the patient, it can also blow apart his or her savings.
To live longer, patients need to be prepared to pay more. Mesothelioma patients who are fortunate enough to be eligible for multi-modal therapies must fork over high deductibles, if they have insurance, or drain their life savings, if they don't. More.
Patients Hungry for Data-Based Treatment Options
In early 2008, our firm wrote an article laying out the choices and difficulties faced by newly diagnosed mesothelioma patients. We suggested that patients need more data and more hard information from surgeons and oncologists regarding options. We also laid out the differences in reported survival times for the two major surgical options, the pleurectomy/decortication (P/D) and extra-pleural pneumonectomy (EPP).
Roger was subsequently invited to make a presentation to the International Mesothelioma Interest Group’s annual congress in Amsterdam on September 25, 2008. More...
Data on Mesothelioma Surgery
After twenty years of representing asbestos cancer patients, we know that patients oftentimes are frustrated by the lack of understandable and easy-to-find information that correlates treatment options, doctors and survival. To help patients get answers, our firm has conducted a survey among the nation's leading thoracic surgeons. We want to thank the surgeons who have to date participated in this unprecedented effort to share data directly with patients nationwide.
Survey of treatment and survival data from meso surgeons. Surgeons respond to first-ever questionnaire. More...
The Raging Debate Between Surgical Options EPP vs. P/D
Keep Your Lung With Pleurectomy / Decortication (P/D)
A pleurectomy / decortication (P/D) is an operation for mesothelioma that removes the involved pleura and frees the underlying lung so that it can expand and fill the pleural cavity. More...
Or Lose It...Extra-Pleural Pneumonectomy (EPP)
Extra-pleural pneumonectomy (EPP) is a surgical procedure that involves the removal of the lung along with its coverings and the associated coverings of the heart, diaphragm and pericardium. More...
Which is the preferred treatment? You Decide. More...
Should Lawyers Advise Their Meso Clients on Treatment Options?
A mesothelioma client is on a ship whose hull has been breached. His first instinct is to rush for the nearest medical "lifeboat" that promises to extend his life. Do lawyers have a duty to advise their mesothelioma clients about the best available medical treatment "lifeboat?" More...