Sunday, May 08, 2005

Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma. There's so much talk about it in the
media everywhere you turn. What exactly is mesothelioma?

Mesothelioma is a type of cancer involving mesothelial
tissues of body organs usually lungs or abdominal. It is
often caused by exposure to asbestos. However, there are
30-50% of patients without any history of asbestos exposure.
People who have received asbestos exposure of as little as
one or two months to very low doses are at risk of
mesothelioma cancer. Even people who wash clothes of
asbestos exposed people are at risk. A person exposed to
asbestos could develop mesothelioma after 50 years of
exposure.

People in the occupations such as construction jobs in
shipyards, insulators, boilermakers, etc. are at the risk
of contracting asbestos disease.

The 2 common types of mesothelioma are:

Pleural mesothelioma (lung cancer) and Peritoneal
mesothelioma (abdomen organs). The survival time for a
patient with diffuse malignant mesothelioma is from
4 to 24 months from the observance of the symptoms.
Mesothelioma is also difficult to diagnose.

The chance of recovery for a patient with mesothelioma
depends on size and location of the cancer, age of the
patient and his response to the treatment. Presently,
the treatment options for mesotheliomas are:

Radiation therapy, Chemotherapy, Surgery and Photodynamic
therapy. There is some evidence that provitamin A or beta-
carotene may decrease the risk of mesothelioma.

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