Cancer is not something that suddenly happens to the body. Instead, cancerous mutations are occurring regularly. Ideally, the body’s immune system is supposed to identify and kill stray cancerous cells before they reproduce and create a colony of cancer cells, or tumor. Our immune system is designed to recognize and attack cancer cells, but it isn’t always adept enough to keep cancer under control. Immunotherapy seeks to improve the body’s ability to attack cancer cells.
Immunotherapy, sometimes called biotherapy, overlaps with gene therapy and sometimes both names are used for a particular treatment. There are no currently-approved immunotherapies for mesothelioma, but anti-angiogenetic drugs seem to hold some promise for mesothelioma treatment, and many other types of immunotherapy are in clinical trials.
If you have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, treatment options may be expensive and may not work. A mesothelioma lawsuit can help you make sure your family will not be burdened with treatment costs, but will be taken care of no matter the outcome. To learn more about your legal options after a mesothelioma diagnosis, please contact The Law Office of Brown | Kiely, LLP for a free consultation.
