Mesothelioma Cancer
by: P. Mehta
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.
Copyright 2004, P. Mehta
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