How is mesothelioma treated?
How is mesothelioma treated?
Treatment for mesothelioma depends on the location of the cancer, the stage of the disease, and the patient's age and general health. Standard treatment options include surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. Sometimes, these treatments are combined.
Treatment includes:
- Surgery is a common treatment for mesothelioma. The doctor may remove part of the lining of the chest or abdomen and some of the tissue around it. For cancer of the pleura (pleural mesothelioma), a lung may be removed in an operation called a pneumonectomy. Sometimes part of the diaphragm, the muscle below the lungs that helps with breathing, is also removed.
- Radiation therapy, also called radiotherapy, involves the use of high-energy rays to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Radiation therapy affects the cancer cells only in the treated area. The radiation may come from a machine ( external radiation ) or from putting materials that produce radiation through thin plastic tubes into the area where the cancer cells are found ( internal radiation therapy).
- Chemotherapy is the use of anticancer drugs to kill cancer cells throughout the body. Most drugs used to treat mesothelioma are given by injection into a vein ( intravenous , or IV ). Doctors are also studying the effectiveness of putting chemotherapy directly into the chest or abdomen ( intracavitary chemotherapy).
- Thoracentesis and paracentesis.To relieve symptoms and control pain, the doctor may use a needle or a thin tube to drain fluid that has built up in the chest or abdomen. The procedure for removing fluid from the chest is called thoracentesis. Removal of fluid from the abdomen is called paracentesis.
- Drugs may be given through a tube in the chest to prevent more fluid from accumulating. Radiation therapy and surgery may also be helpful in relieving symptoms.
This information is provided courtesy of The National Cancer Institute.
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As you all know, February 17th was the happy day that Microsoft officially
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and asked if they had any copies in stock.
One of the pimply-faced Linux longhairs explained that Paperclips didn't
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L:
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