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Chemotherapy has been used to treat mesothelioma for many years. Mesothelioma is one of the most aggressive forms of cancer. Chemotherapy has not been as successful in treating mesothelioma as it has been in treating other forms of cancer. There are quite a few chemotherapy drugs that have been in use, but recently there have been some promising drugs designed that have shown particular promise in treating mesothelioma. One of the stands outs in these chemotherapy drugs is Alimta. Alimta is a chemotherapy drug that was approved in 2005 by the Food and Drug Administration for use in chemotherapy treatment. Alimta was approved in the treatment of mesothelioma and has been a breakthrough drug in the treatment of mesothelioma. Alimta works as an anti-folate. What an anti-folate drug does is target the production of folic acid. Anti-folate drugs such as Alimta act during DNA and RNA synthesis. Alimta inhibits the replication of cells specifically during a particular phase in cell replication. By doing this, Alimta can target more rapidly replicating cells, which tend to be the malignant cancerous cells, thus inhibiting the further spread of the cancer. There are many side effects that come along with the drug, as with most chemotherapy drugs. Alimta has been shown to have adverse effects on the bone marrow, hair, and skin of patients that have been treated with it. To date there is no cure for mesothelioma, but with drugs like Alimta, those diagnosed have longer lives and a better quality than without such treatments.
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There are quite a few drugs that are used to treat mesothelioma. There are many different methods of treatment for mesothelioma and one of the treatments that is common is the use of chemotherapy medication. The use of chemotherapy in treating different forms of cancer has existed for roughy seventy years or so. Today, chemotherapy medications are used in conjunction with other treatments to try to battle mesothelioma, or whatever other type of cancer, into remission. Cisplatin is a chemotherapy medication that has been used to treat mesothelioma for a while now. It is a platinum based medication that has been found to be an effective treatment for mesothelioma patients when surgery is not an option. When used to treat mesothelioma, Cisplatin is used in conjunction with Alimta. The mix of Alimta and Cisplatin has been shown to be one of the most effective treatments for mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is one of the most difficult forms of cancer to treat and to date it has been extremely tough to find treatments to drastically improve quality of life or length of life after diagnosis. When surgery can not performed on a patient with mesothelioma then a chemotherapy regimen is often started. Both Cisplatin and Alimta are Food and Drug Administration approved drugs and both are approved for treatment of patients with mesothelioma. Although these drugs are not a cure, they have been shown to improve quality of life and length of life in patients with mesothelioma.
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