Most people who develop mesothelioma have worked on jobs where inhalation of asbestos particles. However, there may have been exposed to asbestos dust and fibers in other ways. This could also work with asbestos or by home renovation work with asbestos cement products or even by washing the clothes of a family member who worked with asbestos. The disease is a rare form of cancer, which are found in malignant (cancer) cells of the mesothelium, a protective sac covers most of the internal organs of the body.
Mesothelioma occurs more often in men than in women and risk increases with age, but this disease can appear in men or women at any age. Approximately 2,000 new cases of mesothelioma in the United States are diagnosed each year. Although reported incidence rates have increased over the past 20 years, mesothelioma is still a relatively rare form of cancer.
There are several methods used for the treatment of> Mesothelioma. The type of treatment depends on the location of the tumor, stage of disease and the patient's age and general health.
A common treatment of the disease is characterized by a surgery on the removal of part of the lining of the chest or abdomen and some of the surrounding tissues. When is cancer of the pleura, a lung removed in an operation known as pneumonectomy. Sometimes a part of the diaphragm, the muscle below the lungs that helps with breathing, includingremoved.
Another method is radiation therapy, also called radiotherapy. This includes the use of high-energy rays to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Radiation therapy affects cancer cells only in the treated area. The radiation may come from a machine or materials that produce radiation through thin plastic tubes in the area where cancer cells are found.
Anticancer drugs can be used to kill cancer cells throughout the body. This is known as chemotherapyand includes the administration of the drug intravenously by injection into a vein (or IV). Currently, doctors are also studying the effectiveness of the chemotherapy directly into the chest or abdomen.
Because mesothelioma is very difficult to control, and the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI), the sponsoring clinical trials that are designed to take advantage of new treatments and better ways to find the current therapies.
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