Australian Man Claims That His Mesothelioma Cancer Is “Cured”
A man living in Australia that was diagnosed with mesothelioma may have been cured through a recently discovered breakthrough treatment. Stephen Bolon has purportedly been battling the disease for the last two years.
Many individuals diagnosed with such a disease have few treatment options due to the long latency period of the disease. Often the disease is at it’s advanced stages at the time of initial diagnosis.
Due to the early detection of Bolon’s mesothelioma through breakthrough treatment though he may be the first to overcome the often fatal disease.
Allegedly the treatment involves the use of a soluble mesothelin-related peptide that can measure raised levels of cancer in the body. Initially it was determined through a biopsy that Bolon’s lungs were absent of the presence of cancer but this breakthrough treatment proved otherwise and Bolon was able to begin treatment in earlier stages of the cancer.
Immediately following the discovery of the cancer Bolon was admitted into a hospital in order to receive surgery to remove his right lung, part of his pericardium, part of his diaphragm, and his pleura. Subsequently Bolon underwent radiotherapy and two years later is still cancer-free and healthy.