Many of our MesoTV episodes and other educational materials discuss the patient: their stories, their emotions, the science behind their diagnosis. This episode is solely for the support systems and the leader of the support, the caregiver. Caregivers often give of themselves until the burnout. This episode, Julie sits down…
In this episode of MesoTV, Julie sits down with Meso Foundation board member and estate planning attorney, Cheryl Bruner. Cheryl is a member of the mesothelioma community and lends her expertise to others so they can adequately prepare their assets. Cheryl discusses wills, power of attorney, trusts, and more. All information…
Our Patient Services Director, Julie White, RN, BSN, OCN, sits down with Michael Offin, MD to discuss a clinical trial . Dr. Offin is a Thoracic Medical Oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. They discuss a current clinical trial for mesothelioma. Our Sponsors MesoTV is a program by the Mesothelioma…
On this episode of MesoTV, our Patient Services Director, Julie White, sits down with Melissa Culligan, PhD, RN. Melissa is the Director of Thoracic Surgery Research at Temple University Hospital and the Co-Director of the Temple Health Mesothelioma and Pleural Disease Program. She goes through the details of thoracic surgery…
On this episode of MesoTV, join our Patient Services Director, Julie White, as she speaks with Marjorie Zauderer, MD, MS, FACP, and Lee Krug, MD, about the eVOLVE meso clinical trial for patients with pleural mesothelioma. Our SponsorsMesoTV is a program by the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation. This program is made…
On this episode of MesoTV, our Patients Services Director, Julie White, RN, BSN, OCN, sits down with our new Executive Director, Brian Lepacek, MDiv, CAE, to discuss his role and how he got to the foundation. If you haven’t met Brian yet, definitely check out this episode to get to…
CAR-T (Chimeric antigen receptor) cell therapy is a type of immunotherapy that uses a patient’s T cells to attack cancer cells. T cells are white blood cells that fight infection and illness, but cancer cells can sometimes trick the immune system. CAR T-cell therapy helps the body’s immune system see…
In this episode of MesoTV, three patients, two with peritoneal mesothelioma and one with pleural mesothelioma, tell their stories of diagnosis, treatment, subsequent recurrence, and…
The field of integrative medicine combines conventional therapies with complementary ones in a thoughtful way to optimize outcomes and/or quality of life. Services provided under…
This episode of MesoTV features Jacob Strand, MD in an interview with Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation’s nurse, Julie White, RN, BSN, OCN. The topic of…