If the number of white blood cells is down, the result will be the body will be vulnerable to infections. Problems like lower cell counts often force patients off of chemotherapy . Many alternative therapies are available for Mesothelioma. These therapies generally are not as well proven as the above therapies, but at any time a new discovery or study could make one of these therapies the standard in Mesothelioma treatment. These therapies change the genetic structure of organisms to defeat Mesothelioma.
Gene therapies are still in development and few have shown practical benefit to date.
This therapy involves using a drug to make cancer cells sensitive to a particular light wavelength. The cells would then be exposed to that light wavelength to kill the Mesothelioma cells. This form of treatment is still controversial and experimental, but improvements may occur. In addition to the alternative therapies listed above, new therapies are constantly being developed to treat cancers. New immunotherapies and biotechnologies offer plenty of reason for optimism.