Mesothelioma News

About 2000-3000 new cases of mesothelioma diagnosed each year in the United States of America. Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer, and it is an aftereffect of the asbestos exposure. The cancer cells interfere with and destroy the mesothelium, a protective sac that that keeps the internal organs of the body.

First, the pleura or peritoneum affected and it is common to other parts of the body. It is a deadly disease, and most victims do not survive on about a year after diagnosis, depending on the treatment and other factors. What is mesothelioma prognosis? Forecast for mesothelioma depends on the rapidity of diagnosis and treatment of the victim offered. The earlier the treatment the better the prognosis of patients is underway. Other factors to determine the prognosis, the general nature of the treatment, the histological type) (cellular type of mesothelioma patients and state of health and morality. The stage of disease at diagnosis is another critical factor decides the prognosis and the minimum life expectancy of survival of the victim.


Among the staging systems of the oldest of them all is the Butchart system, based on the extent of the mass, the primary tumor and the cancer divides into four stages. The TNM system is a newer one, while the Brigham system is the latest. It uses resectability and lymph node involvement for staging mesothelioma. In general, the higher the stage of cancer, the worse the prognosis of the victim. Unfortunately, however, made most of the time the diagnosis if the cancer already at an advanced stage and the latter, this is the long incubation period and the non-specificity of symptoms attributed. The traditional types of treatments are also widely used for malignant mesothelioma are radiation therapy that uses high-energy X-rays, cancer cells and chemotherapy to eradicate destroy the cancer cells with the use of cancer drugs tried. Other forms of the newer methods of treatment include immunotherapy that uses the immune system and photodynamic therapy, light energy, while the gene therapy again the inherent genetic defects of patients rise to to strengthen control of the disease helps. surgery is also one of the traditional forms of treatment.

There are different types of operations that are used: the process of removing fluid from the breast is so well known, while the liquid thoracentesis reduction from the gut is known as paracentesis. The surgical removal of part of the chest or stomach lining and pleurectomy is called when the lung is removed, then the operation will be called pneumonectomy. If these treatment methods appropriate are combined in the treatment of mesothelioma, particularly in cases that are detected early, they can increase your five-year life expectancy of up to 10%.