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March 24, 2008

One of the most important problems of society

The quite widespread kind of malignant tumor is mesothelioma, that is caused by prolong contact with asbestos. It commonly attacks the lungs and abdomen. It is very seldom when other vital organs suffer from mesothelioma. Today there is no effective mesothelioma treatment option. There are some various mesothelioma cure options, such as chemical and radiation therapy or surgery. The majority of people diagnosed with mesothelioma were defenseless to asbestos for over 25 years. Taking it into account we can announce that the work connected to any operations with asbestos is quite dangerous. Quite often the people feel the pangs in the chest that is caused by fluid in the lungs. Such symptoms are common for the malignant type of mesothelioma information. Peritoneal mesothelioma which influences abdominal cavity may cause loss of mass, blood coagulation, problems with swallowing among others. Not innocent mesothelioma is fairly hard to detect as it has symptoms that resemble a number of other illnesses. The case report of examined person should be thoroughly studied. In case it includes some data of exposure to asbestos physician has to suspect the presence of mesothelioma. This patient must be materially examined by an oncologist. The inspection may be supported by X-ray scans. To determine the ultimate diagnosis, biopsy should be performed. Currently, a newer system is gaining popularity. The cells contaminated by malignant tumor can't release the normal amount of proteins. The concept of the new method is founded on inspecting their levels to find out malignant tumor. It can reveal much earlier that already existed methods. All the diseases are not so difficult to cure on its initial phase. The likelihood of appropriate cure of malign mesothelioma is not very high. After the disease is fond out most of traditional systems make person to live up to a year. Even surgery, when it is used together with other treatments is not very effective, moreover it can frequently cause some negative results. Mesothelioma cannot be completely cured utilizing the surgery method. The malignant neoplasm cannot be exacted fully because the patient will die. Another method used to cure malign mesothelioma is radiation applying. All the systems mentioned before are frequently utilized in complex. This complex has allowed achieving longer survival in definite patients. However, when given alone, without other cure option, radiation therapy does not prolong patients' span of life. If the surgery was not utilized that needed draught of radiation would transcend all the limits and may kill the person. The development of cancer cells can be stopped or held up by using chemotherapy. Usually these medicines have arduous side effects on healthy cells as well and thus are given in combination with medicines which reduce their dangerous side effects. To treat malign mesothelioma doctors use pemetrex in combination with cisplatin. Some malignant pleural mesothelioma is quite rare but even today's medicine is not able to completely cure this disease.

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