Treatment of Mesothelioma

There aredifferent types of treatment for malignant Mesothelioma but they depends upon the stages of the mesothelioma.There are different kinds of standard treatment such as Surgery, Chemotherapy and Radiation therapy.
In Surgery,Pneumonectomy and Pluerectomy actually been done .The Pleural Mesothelioma is also known as ICD -9 code 163 and the Pericardial Mesothelioma is known as ICD-9 code 164.The operative mortality rate in case of Pluerectomy is comparatively less than the Pneumonectomy.The radiation therapy is being used mainly in the Pleural Mesothelioma and Doxorubicin is being mainly used but in maximumcases its seen that side effects persists and no much Long survival been recorded.Alimta also is combined with the Cisplatin to give better result in case of giving the sisplatin alone, the progression of cancerous cells are comparatively slow in case of the combination treatment.