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Mesothelioma Cancer
by: P. Mehta |
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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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