MESOTHELIOMA,CAUSES&TREATMENT
MESOTHELIOMA IS RARE FORM OF CANCER OCCUR IN THE INTERNAL PROTECTIVE LINING OF MOST HUMAN ORGANS,THE MOST COMMON FORMS ARE: PLEURA,PERITONEUM AND PERICARDIUM.
PLEURA:THE OUTER LINING OF THE LUNGS AND INTERNAL CHEST WALL.
PERITONEUM:THE LINING OF THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY.
PERICARDIUM:THE SAC THAT SURROUNDS THE HEART.
CAUSES:
THE MOST REASON MEDICAL RESEARCHES ASSUMED THAT THE MAIN CAUSES THAT AFFECT THE MESOTHELIOMA IS RELATED TO WORK INJURIES BY INGESTING ASBESTOS FIBERS OR SOME KINDS OF EXPOSURE TO AIRBORNE ASBESTOS DUST AND FIBERS WITH ONE WAY OR ANOTHER OR ANY KIND OF RELATIONSHIP TO ANY RESOURCE OF ASBESTOS FIBERS.
TREATMENT :
SURGERY :THE FEW NUMBER OF SURGERIES PROVED THAT IT IS USELESS AND ALSO DISAPPOINTING.
RADIATION:IT IS A GOOD SOLUTION FOR PATIENT WHO CAN RESIST AND TOLERATE
A RADICAL SURGERY.
CHEMOTHERAPY:THE MOST USEFUL TYPE OF TREATMENT THAT SHOWN SOME
IMPROVEMENT AND HIGHER THE RATE OF SURVIVAL BUT ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT A FINAL SOLUTION FOR THE SERIOUS CASES.
