Memorial Sloan Kettering researchers say it may be possible for computed tomography to identify what subtype of pleural mesothelioma a person has, reports Surviving Mesothelioma.
Pleural mesothelioma is an aggressive lung-related cancer for which patients and their doctors must develop a treatment plan quickly to get ahead of the disease. The challenge is that, not only is mesothelioma highly resistant to standard cancer treatment, but different subtypes of mesothelioma are often managed with different drugs and therapies.
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