Peritoneal Mesothelioma

As with any cancer, mesothelioma treatment depends on the location of the cancer, the progression of the disease, the age and health of the patient to the oncologist specializing involved in the disease. Which is to be decided on the line of treatment, difficult to treat the disease and in most cases, the prognosis is poor.

Treatment options include:

1. If the diagnosis is performed in the early phases of the operation may be recommended to all cancer tissues, this means removing thoracoscopy, tubs or video thoracic surgery, mediastinoscopy (used for staging), doctors often laproscopy or palliative procedures like chest drainage and pleurodesis, thoracoscopy and pleurodesis, pleuroperitonial shunt or pleurectomy, which has the symptoms of mesothelioma rather than discuss the treatment of disease.

2. Radiation aggressively for mesothelioma patients and is often prescribed in combination with a given operation or to control symptoms, palliative research on the use of radiation therapy using implants or UV light therapy is under way as traditional radiation therapy damages surrounding healthy tissue.

3. The chemotherapy is an option, and approximately 12-20% of patients respond to the drug anti-cancer drugs to destroy cancer cells and prevent, their propagation in mesothelioma is considered to have chemotherapy that curative aim is to prevent the spread of the disease to shrink the tumor before surgery, known as neoadjuvant therapy to destroy, to remnants of the tumor in the body after surgery, and pain and other complaints ease, palliative chemotherapy, experts recommend prescribing cisplastin along with premetrexed These drugs have shown positive results, and this is now standard care for Mesothelioma not treatable by surgery.

4. Biological therapy with interleukin.

5. Immunotherapy when the body’s own immune system is stimulated, the Biological Response Modifiers to fight disease, are BRMs This treatment used to improve the functions of the immune system, regulate metabolic reactions that promote the growth of cancer, to alter cancer cell division, block or reverse processes, the formation of tumors and Cancer.

6. Gene therapy, where attempts are made, the gene sequence of the cancer, this is caused by two types of correct to prevent the spread, replacement gene therapy and gene co.

7. Management of lovastatin, a cholesterol-lowering drugs.

8. Photodynamic treatment where a photosensitive drug is activated with a laser This is followed by surgical removal of cancer tissue.

9. Done Drainage of liquid in the chest or abdominal cavity through the introduction of drugs into the cavity to prevent fluid retention, which is performed for patients who have uncontrolled fluid accumulation and intense discomfort resulting from combination therapy.

10. Accompanied Trimodal therapy, the surgery by radiotherapy and chemotherapy, complementary medicines are also often used this as a holistic form of treatment that focuses on a patient’s physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing in the case of mesothelioma, the incurable, can one for clinical trials of new therapies, the decision would be in progress in several laboratories and centers, the best advice on the line of treatment recommended by the oncologist or physician.