Mesothelioma Treatment Centers
Alabama
University of Alabama at
Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center,
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
Francisco Robert, MD
205-934-5077
http://www.ccc.uab.edu/
ALASKA
Ketchikan General Hospital, Ketchikan,
AK
ARIZONA
Columbia Medical Center,
Phoenix, AZ
Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center,
Phoenix, AZ
Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ
Arizona Cancer Center, Mesothelioma
Treatment Section
Linda Garland, MD
520-626-3434
http://www.azcc.arizona.edu/
CALIFORNIA
City of Hope Comprehensive
Cancer Center, Mesothelioma Treatment
Section
626-359-8111
http://www.cityofhope.org/
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
310-423-5874
http://www.csmc.edu/
Thoracic Oncology, Department of
Surgery, UCLA Medical Center
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
310-794-7333 1
http://www.surgery.medsch.ucla.edu/
Tower Hematology Oncology Medical
Group Mesothelioma Treatment Section
310-289-2840
http://www.toweroncology.com/
Mt. Zion Medical Center/ USCG,
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
415-885-3882
http://urology.ucsf.edu/clinicsHosp/hospZion.html
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of Los Angeles Division of
Pulmonary Mesothelioma Treatment
Section
310-206-7858
http://www.ucla.edu/search/contact/medicine.html
National Lung Cancer Research Program
Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Cancer
Center
310-423-8030 Toll free 1-800-CEDARS-1 2
http://www.cedars-sinai.edu/comprehensivecancercenter/
UCLA Medical School, Los Angeles, CA
COLORADO
University of Colorado Cancer Center,
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
303-315-8801
http://www.uccc.info/cancercenter/
content/home/default.asp?index=CancerHome&title=
UniversityColoradoCancerCenter
University of Colorado Cancer Center
Department of Medical Oncology,
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
720-848-0300
http://www.uccc.info/cancercenter/content/home/
default.asp?index=CancerHome&title=UniversityoColorado
CancerCenter
University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver, CO
National Jewish Hospital, Denver, CO
CONNECTICUT
Yale Comprehensive Cancer
Center, Department of Therapeutic
Radiology, Yale University School of
Medicine, Mesothelioma Treatment
Section
203-785-2959
http://www.yalecancercenter.org/index2.htm
KANSAS
CCOP-Wichita, Mesothelioma
Treatment Section
316-262-4467
http://www.cancercenterofkansas.com/home.htm
KENTUCKY
Kentuckian Cancer Institute,
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
502-561-8200
LOUISIANA
CCOP-Ochsner, Mesothelioma
Treatment Section
504-842-3910
http://www.ochsner.org/
MARYLAND
NCI Surgery Branch/Baltimore VA
Center, Baltimore, MD
Greenbaum Cancer Center, Mesothelioma
Treatment Section
410-328-2703
http://www.umm.edu/cancer/
Division of Thoracic Surgery and
Surgical Oncology, University of
Maryland Medical Center, Mesothelioma
Treatment Section
800-492-5538
http://www.umm.edu/center/
National Cancer Center, Mesothelioma
Treatment Section
301-496-2195
http://www.ncc.go.jp/
University of Maryland School of
Medicine, Director of Thoracic
Radiology, Mesothelioma Treatment
Section
410-328-8667
http://medschool.umaryland.edu/
Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine-Assistant Professor of Medicine
& Oncology
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
410-502-10339
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/medicalschool/
National Cancer Institute,
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
301-402-3721
http://www.nci.nih.gov/
MASSACHUSETTS
Dana Farber Cancer Center
Institute, Mesothelioma Treatment
Section
617-632-3470
http://www.dfci.harvard.edu/
MICHIGAN
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
616-391-1230
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer
Institute, Mesothelioma Treatment
Section
313-745-8746
http://www.karmanos.org/
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital –Oakland,
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
248-858-6215
http://www.mercyoakland.com/
McAuley Cancer Care Bldg. Room C139,
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
734-712-1000s 11
University of Michigan, Mesothelioma
Treatment Section
734-936-4300
http://www.med.umich.edu
Karmanos Cancer Institute, Professor
of Surgery and Oncology
313-745-8746
http://www.karmanos.org/
MINNESOTA
University of Minnesota Cancer
Center, Mesothelioma Treatment Section
612-624-5631
http://www.cancer.umn.edu/
Veterans Affairs Medical
Center-Minneapolis, Mesothelioma
Treatment Section
612-725-2000 12
Mayo Clinic, Mesothelioma Treatment
Section
507-284-2511
http://www.mayo.edu/
MISSISSIPPI
University Of Mississippi
Medical Center, Attn: Cancer Research
Registry, Mesothelioma Treatment
Section
601-984-1095
http://www.umc.edu/
MISSOURI
VA Medical Center-Togus,
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
207-623-8411
http://www.visn1.med.va.gov/togus/
The Center for Cancer Care and
Research Director, Clinical Research
314-628-1210
http://tcccr.com/
Veterans Affairs Medical
Center-Columbia (Truman Memorial),
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
573-814-6000
Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Mesothelioma
Treatment Section
314-747-3000
http://www.barnesjewish.org/
St. Louis University, Mesothelioma
Treatment Section
314-577-8854
http://www.slu.edu/
NEBRASKA
Good Samaritan Health Systems,
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
308-865-7564
http://www.gshs.org/
Creighton University Medical Center,
Cancer Center-Suite 2321, Mesothelioma
Treatment Section
402-280-5009
http://medicine.creighton.edu/
NEVADA
CCOP-Southern Nevada Cancer
Research Foundation Mesothelioma
Treatment Section
702-384-0013
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Norris Cotton Cancer Center,
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
603-650-5534
http://www.cancer.dartmouth.edu/index.shtml
NEW JERSEY
Somerset Medical Center,
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
908-685-2200
http://www.somersetmedicalcenter.com/
Norris Cotton Cancer Center-Dartmouth
Hitchcock Medical Center, Mesothelioma
Treatment Section
603-650-6300
http://www.cancer.dartmouth.edu/index.shtml
NEW MEXICO
Director of Experimental
Therapeutics, Cancer Research and
Treatment Center, University of New
Mexico
505-272-5837
http://hsc.unm.edu/crtc/
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center,
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
507-284-2511
http://www.mayo.edu/research/cancercenter/
NEW YORK
Roswell Park Cancer Institute,
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
716-845-5873
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer,
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
212-639-6483
Department of Surgery, Columbia
Presbyterian Medical Center Mesothelioma
Treatment Section
212-305-9468
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center,
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer
Center
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
212-305-1252
New York Presbyterian Hospital,
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
212-746-2844 18
CCOP-Syracuse Hematology-Oncology
Associates of Central New York,
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
315-472-7504
Regional Cancer Center Mesothelioma
Treatment Section
315-464-8200
NORTH CAROLINA
Comprehensive Cancer Center at
Wake Forest University Mesothelioma
Treatment Section
336-716-2088
http://www1.wfubmc.edu/cancer/
Department of General Surgery, Wake
Forest University School of Medicine,
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
336-716-4276 13
http://www.wfubmc.edu/school/
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer
Center, Mesothelioma Treatment Section
919-966-4431
http://cancer.med.unc.edu
NORTH DAKOTA
Medcenter One Health System,
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
701-250-7355
http://www.medcenterone.com/
Altru Health Systems Mesothelioma
Treatment Section
701-780-6390
http://www.altru.org/
OHIO
CCOP-Toledo Community Hospital Oncology
Program Mesothelioma Treatment Section
419-479-5605
http://www.tchop.com/
St. Joseph Health Center, Warren, OH
OKLAHOMA
CCOP-Sooner State, Mesothelioma
Treatment Section
918-499-2000
Southwestern Regional Medical Center,
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
918-496-5933
OREGON
Good Samaritan Hospital,
Corvalis, OR
Oregon Health Sciences Center, Portland,
OR
PENNSYLVANIA
CCOP-Geisinger Medical Center,
Dept. Hematology/ Oncology, Mesothelioma
Treatment Section
570-271-6045
http://www.geisinger.org/
Department of Radiation Oncology,
University of Pennsylvania Hospital,
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
215-662-7296
http://www.med.upenn.edu/
Univ. of Pennsylvania Medical Center,
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
215-662-7538
http://www.pennhealth.com/upmc/
Department of Radiation Oncology,
University of Pennsylvania Hospital,
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
215-662-7296
http://www.med.upenn.edu/
Western Pennsylvania Hospital,
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
412-578-4355
http://www.asri.edu/wph/
UPMC Presbyterian-Co-Director of the
Lung Cancer Center Mesothelioma
Treatment Section
412-647-4700
http://www.upmc.com/
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Mesothelioma
Treatment Section
888-369-2427
http://www.fccc.edu/
SOUTH CAROLINA
Medical University of South
Carolina, Mesothelioma Treatment Section
843-792-4271
http://www.musc.edu/
TENNESSEE
Veterans Affairs Medical
Center-Memphis, Mesothelioma Treatment
Section
1030 Jefferson Ave., Memphis, Tennessee
38104
Baptist Memorial Hospital Memphis, TN
TEXAS
Lone Star Oncology, Mesothelioma
Treatment Section
512-343-2103
http://www.lonestaroncology.com/
University of Texas-MD Anderson
Cancer Center Mesothelioma Treatment
Section
713-792-6363
http://www.mdanderson.org/
University of Texas-MD Anderson
Cancer Center Mesothelioma Treatment
Section
713-792-6161
http://www.mdanderson.org/
S. R. Burzynski Clinic, Mesothelioma
Treatment Section
713-335-5697
http://www.cancermed.com/
Department of Thoracic and
Cardiovascular Surgery, Section of
Thoracic Molecular Oncology, The
University of Texas M. D. Anderson
Cancer Center, , 77030-4095
713-792-6933
http://www.mdanderson.org/
Scott & White Clinic, Mesothelioma
Treatment Section
254-724-570
http://www.sw.org/
Hamon Center for Therapeutic
Oncology, Mesothelioma Treatment
Section
214-648-4921
http://swnt240.swmed.edu/postdoc/HamonCenter.htm
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
210-616-5945
http://www.ctrc.saci.org/index.asp
UTAH
Utah Valley State Hospital,
Provo, UT
VERMONT
UHC Campus -St. Joseph 3,
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
802-847-3827
http://www.vermontcancer.org/
Veterans Affairs Medical Center-White
River Junction Mesothelioma Treatment
Section
802-295-9363
VIRGINIA
Center for Cancer Care,
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
434-982-8410
Virginia Oncology Associates,
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
757-827-9400
http://www.virginiacancer.com/
MBCCOP-Massey Cancer Center,
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
804-828-0450
http://www.vcu.edu/mcc/
WISCONSIN
Medical Oncology, University of
Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics,
Mesothelioma Treatment Section
608-263-8090
http://www.uwhospital.org/
WASHINGTON
Department of Surgery,
University of Washington School of
Medicine, Mesothelioma Treatment Section
206-543-3093
http://www.washington.edu/medicine/index.html
Diagnostic Specialties Laboratories,
Bremerton, WA
Kennewick General Hospital, Kennewick, WA
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Swedish Tumor Institute, Seattle, WA
St. Joseph Hospital, Tacoma, WA
WEST VIRGINIA
Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling, WV
Below is a list of current mesothelioma clinical trials. You can find additional trials by searching on mesothelioma at National Cancer Institute’s clinical trials website, which you can access by clicking here: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/screen/SimpleSearch/a>
Surgery and Photodynamic Therapy in Treating Patients With Malignant
Mesothelioma
Conditions: Localized Malignant Mesothelioma; Recurrent Malignant
Mesothelioma; Epithelial Mesothelioma; Sarcomatous Mesothelioma
Early Diagnosis of Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma in Prior Asbestos Workers
Conditions: Lung Cancer; Mesothelioma
Vorinostat in Treating Patients With Progressive or Relapsed Advanced
Malignant Mesothelioma
Conditions: Advanced Malignant Mesothelioma; Epithelial Mesothelioma;
Sarcomatous Mesothelioma; Recurrent Malignant Mesothelioma
Active Symptom Control With or Without Chemotherapy in Treating Patients
With Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Conditions: Epithelial Mesothelioma; Localized Malignant Mesothelioma;
Advanced Malignant Mesothelioma
AZD2171 in Treating Patients With Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma That Cannot
Be Removed By Surgery
Conditions: Epithelial Mesothelioma; Sarcomatous Mesothelioma; Advanced
Malignant Mesothelioma; Recurrent Malignant Mesothelioma
Bevacizumab (Avastin) and Erlotinib (Tarceva) in Previously Treated
Mesothelioma
Condition: Mesothelioma
Pemetrexed Disodium and Cisplatin Followed By Surgery and Radiation Therapy
in Treating Patients With Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Conditions: Epithelial Mesothelioma; Sarcomatous Mesothelioma; Localized
Malignant Mesothelioma; Recurrent Malignant Mesothelioma
Pemetrexed Disodium and Either Gemcitabine or Carboplatin in Treating
Patients With Advanced Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Conditions: Advanced Malignant Mesothelioma; Recurrent Malignant
Mesothelioma
Suberoylanilide Hydroxamic Acid (SAHA) Versus Placebo in Advanced Malignant
Pleural Mesothelioma
Conditions: Mesothelioma; Lung Cancer
Antineoplaston Therapy in Treating Patients With Advanced Mesothelioma
Conditions: Advanced Malignant Mesothelioma; Recurrent Malignant
Mesothelioma
Radiation Therapy in Preventing Metastatic Cancer in Patients Who Have
Diagnostic Procedures to Identify Malignant Mesothelioma
Conditions: Localized Malignant Mesothelioma; Advanced Malignant
Mesothelioma; Perioperative/Postoperative Complications; Quality of Life
Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Surgery and Radiation Therapy in
Treating Patients With Mesothelioma That Can Be Removed By Surgery
Condition: Localized Malignant Mesothelioma
Pemetrexed Plus Cisplatin Neoadjuvant Therapy Followed by Surgery and
Radiation in Mesothelioma
Condition: Mesothelioma
Dendritic Cell-Based Immunotherapy in Mesothelioma
Condition: Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
ONCONASE Plus Doxorubicin Versus Doxorubicin Alone For Patients With
Malignant Pleural or Peritoneal Mesothelioma Who Have Had No More Than One
Prior Chemotherapy Regimen
Conditions: Localized Malignant Mesothelioma; Advanced Malignant
Mesothelioma; Recurrent Malignant Mesothelioma
Neoadjuvant Pemetrexed Disodium and Cisplatin Followed by Surgery and
Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Pleural Mesothelioma
Condition: Localized Malignant Mesothelioma
Phase II Study of Carboplatin and Vinorelbine in Malignant Pleural
Mesothelioma
Condition: Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Flavopiridol in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Unresectable Refractory
Solid Tumors or Hematologic Malignancies
Conditions: Kaposi's Sarcoma; Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia; Adult
Burkitt's Lymphoma; Adult Hodgkin's Lymphoma; Adult T-Cell Leukemia and
Lymphoma; ...
Suberoylanilide Hydroxamic Acid (Vorinostat) to Treat Advanced Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Extrapleural Pneumonectomy With Intraoperative Intrathoracic/Intraperitoneal
Heated Cisplatin With Amifostine and Sodium Thiosulfate
Conditions: Pleural Mesothelioma; Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Decitabine and Depsipeptide to Treat Patients with Pulmonary and Pleural
Cancers
Conditions: Small Cell Carcinoma; Mesothelioma; Non-Small-Cell Lung
Carcinoma
Phase I/II Trial of PTK787 and Pemetrexed With or Without Cisplatin for Lung
Cancer
Condition: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Pleural Mesothelioma
EF5 in Detecting Oxygen Level and Blood Vessels in Tumor Cells of Patients
Undergoing Photodynamic Therapy for Intraperitoneal or Pleural Cancer
Conditions: Malignant Ascites; Peritoneal Cavity Cancer; Advanced
Malignant Mesothelioma; Localized Malignant Mesothelioma; Recurrent
Malignant Mesothelioma
Treatment of Peritoneal Cancer with Surgery, Perfused Heated Cisplatin and
Chemotherapy
Conditions: Abdominal Neoplasm; Colonic Neoplasm; Mesothelioma; Peritoneal
Neoplasm
Depsipeptide/Flavopiridol Infusion for Cancers of the Lungs, Esophagus, or
Pleura
Conditions: Carcinoma, Small Cell; Carcinoma, Non-small-cell Lung;
Esophageal Neoplasms; Mesothelioma
Cyclophosphamide Plus Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Advanced
Cancer
Conditions: Breast Cancer; Colon Cancer; Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung
Cancer; Malignant Mesothelioma; Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer; Pancreatic
Cancer; ...
Phase I/II Study of Pemetrexed Plus Cisplatin in Patients With Malignant
Pleural Mesothelioma
Condition: Malignant Pleural Mesotherioma
Phase II Trial of Neo-Adjuvant Pemetrexed Plus Cisplatin Followed by Surgery
and Radiation for Pleural Mesothelioma
Condition: Pleural Neoplasms
Suberoylanilide Hydroxamic Acid in Advanced Solid Tumors
Conditions: Neoplasms; Mesothelioma; Non-Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma
Evaluation of Cell Changes in Blood and Tissue in Cancers of the Lung, Esophagus and Lung Lining
SSI(dsFv)-PE38 Anti-Mesothelin Immunotoxin to Treat Advanced Cancers
Condition: Carcinoma
Pemetrexed Plus Gemcitabine as Front-Line Chemotherapy for Patients With
Locally Advanced or Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Phase II
Clinical Trial
Condition: Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
An Analysis of the Response of Human Tumor Microvascular Endothelium to
Ionizing Radiation
Conditions: Ovarian Neoplasms; Colorectal Neoplasms; Melanoma; Small Cell
Lung Cancer; Liposarcoma
Study of Pemetrexed and Bevacizumab in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer
Condition: Cancer
Weekly Oxaliplatin and Gemcitabine for Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck
Cancer
Condition: Cancer of the Head and Neck
These support groups provide counseling, education and communication for victims of life-threatening diseases.
http://www.acor.org/support.html - Association of Cancer Online Resources (ACOR) manages a mailing list for mesothelioma patients.
http://www.amc.org/flash/cicl/f_cicl_aboutcicl.html - Cancer Information and Counseling Line (CICL) is a service of AMC Cancer Center to help people with cancer and their families.
http://www.hospiceworld.org/ - Hospicelink not-for-profit organization that offers information about hospice and palliative care. They can refer patients and their families to local programs.
http://www.wellness-community.org/ - National program of education, support and hope for cancer patients and their families.
