Jumat, 02 April 2010

About Mesothelioma

Description 
Mesothelioma is a form of cancer often arise from cells lining the chest or stomach pouch. It can affect organs in the abdomen.

Symptom 

Patients usually complained of shortness of breath, cough and chest pain. Other symptoms appear simultaneously with increasing disease stage. When the disease develops shortness of breath increased, whereas weight loss and decreased appetite.

Treatment 

There are three types of traditional treatment for patients with malignant mesothelioma. Often two or more of these are incorporated in the course of treatment: surgery (remove cancer), radiation therapy (using high-dose X-rays or high energy rays to kill cancer cells), and chemotherapy (using drugs to fight cancer).