Most people who have mesothelioma worked at place where he/she inhaled asbestos particles. However, they may be exposed to asbestos dust and fibers in other ways. This could include working with asbestos or by home renovation using asbestos cement products or even the washing of clothes for a family member who worked with asbestos. The resulting disease rare malignant form of cancer in which the (cancer) cells are in the mesothelium, a protective sac that covers most internal body organs.
Mesothelioma occurs more often in men than in women and risk increases with age, but the disease can occur in both men and women of all ages. Approximately 2,000 new cases of the disease were diagnosed in the United States each year. Although reported incidence rates have increased over the past 20 years, the disease is still a relatively rare cancer.
There are different procedures used to treat the disease. Treatment depends on the location of the cancer, the stage of disease and the patient's age and general health.
A common treatment of disease by surgical removal of the housing in the chest or abdomen and some tissue around it. In the case of cancer of the pleura, a lung may be removed in the operation of pneumonectomy. Sometimes the diaphragm, the muscles below the lungs that helps with breathing, is also removed.
Another method is Radiation therapy, also called radiotherapy. This requires the use of high energy radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Radiotherapy affects only the tumor cells in the treatment area. The radiation may come from the machinery or materials by placing the radiation, which produce a thin plastic tubes in the area where the cancer cells.
Anticancer drugs can be used to kill cancer cells throughout the body. This is known as chemotherapy and requires the administration of medications by injection into a vein (intravenously or IV). Currently, doctors are also testing the effectiveness of the introduction of chemotherapy directly into the chest or abdomen.
Because the Mesothelioma cancer is very difficult to control, U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) is sponsoring clinical trials that are aimed at finding new treatments and better ways to use current treatments
Mesothelioma occurs more often in men than in women and risk increases with age, but the disease can occur in both men and women of all ages. Approximately 2,000 new cases of the disease were diagnosed in the United States each year. Although reported incidence rates have increased over the past 20 years, the disease is still a relatively rare cancer.
There are different procedures used to treat the disease. Treatment depends on the location of the cancer, the stage of disease and the patient's age and general health.
A common treatment of disease by surgical removal of the housing in the chest or abdomen and some tissue around it. In the case of cancer of the pleura, a lung may be removed in the operation of pneumonectomy. Sometimes the diaphragm, the muscles below the lungs that helps with breathing, is also removed.
Another method is Radiation therapy, also called radiotherapy. This requires the use of high energy radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Radiotherapy affects only the tumor cells in the treatment area. The radiation may come from the machinery or materials by placing the radiation, which produce a thin plastic tubes in the area where the cancer cells.
Anticancer drugs can be used to kill cancer cells throughout the body. This is known as chemotherapy and requires the administration of medications by injection into a vein (intravenously or IV). Currently, doctors are also testing the effectiveness of the introduction of chemotherapy directly into the chest or abdomen.
Because the Mesothelioma cancer is very difficult to control, U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) is sponsoring clinical trials that are aimed at finding new treatments and better ways to use current treatments
