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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.
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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:
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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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About The Author
P. Mehta
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