Treatment of Traditional Mesothelioma

Traditional treatment is the standard treatment for malignant mesothelioma entry, this is a kind of disease, cancer cells and tissues of the body mesothelial effect. Mesothelioma treatments because of different factors, such as the position of cancer cells, and the patient�s disease, a personal choice. Generally speaking, the traditional surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, including mesothelioma or different combinations, these 3 kinds of treatment.

Surgical treatment of cancer, or delete the affected organ or alleviate pain. Sometimes it may not be able to remove all the parts, almost has spread, However surgery may help to relieve pain. Two categories, including �lung surgery� and �palliative program.�

Pneumonectomy involves lung. This method in two varieties, �traditional� lesions resected lung cancer is removed, and extrapleural lung �in� poor pulmonary and parts, the diaphragm and parietal pericardium pleural side with the chest, has been cancelled.

Application procedures, treatment, but cannot heal mesothelioma symptoms to relieve pain and control. �Thoracentisis� and �pleurectomy/decortication� is all sorts of palliative program. In thoracentisis, a needle is on the chest, either from liquid to diagnose, or from liquid to alleviate pain. Pleurectomy/decortication remove pleural to alleviate the pain or prevent recurrence of pleural effusion.

Chemotherapy is another important traditional treatments used to kill cancer cells of the entry into the intravenous drugs. This method also involves the use of drugs to maintain normal tumor cells. Quite serious side effects, but in the treatment of chemotherapy, and may even damage because of cancer cells, but health. Nausea, vomiting, fatigue, loss, constipation, decreased appetite and oral ulcer is some of its effects.

Radiation therapy (radiotherapy or treatment with high-energy rays) (such as X-ray) to destroy the cancer cells in the local area. Entry Although healthy cells would also be affected, they can more effectively repair themselves. Radiation effects include as a kind of traditional treatment mesothelioma fatigue, hair, skin allergy, nausea and breathing difficulties.

Source : Meso