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.

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Mesothelioma Common facts

Mesothelioma is nothing but in a common word, the cancer of mesothelium.Now the question is what is mesothelium -- Its a protective membrane of the body;s inner organ.Actually the mesothelium contains double layers, one is surrounding the organ and the other is forming a sac around that.Mesothelium actually forms a liquid fluid which lubricates. Suppose the heart is always expanding and contracting during the siastole and diastole movement so the lubricating liquid actually protect the heart from other organs.In the case of Lung also same thing happens.

In Mesothelioma , the mesothelium actually shows abnormality in growth and dividation, which may produce serious damage to the other organs of the body.So spreading to the other parts of the body is possible in mesothelioma. These cases are seen specially in the pleura and peritonium.

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