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Mesothelioma Stages

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

Knowing the stages of your mesothelioma will be a factor that will help your doctor formulate a treatment plan. The classification most definitive and most widely used system is the International Classification for TGM diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma, also called the International System group concerned with mesothelioma (International Mesothelioma Interest Group System). This system takes [...]

Treatment of Peritoneal Mesothelioma

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

Currently, therapeutic approaches vary in each institution. Common methods include palliative surgery, systemic chemotherapy, intra-abdominal chemotherapy and surgery cytoreducing with preoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy.
The agents commonly used in chemotherapy regimens including various combinations of cisplatin, irinotecan, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, dacarbazine, gemcitabine and pemetrexed. Before 2003, most of the institutions relied on evidence from small phase II [...]

Diagnosis of Peritoneal Mesothelioma

Friday, February 26th, 2010

The workup for a patient who is suspected of having peritoneal mesothelioma is similar to any other intra-abdominal cancer. The study includes a set of standard non-invasive tests such as routine laboratory tests, serum tumor markers and computed tomography (CT) scan of chest, abdomen and pelvis.
The routine laboratory tests are often not useful for diagnosis [...]

Current Knowledge and Management of Peritoneal Mesothelioma

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Introduction
Mesothelioma is an asbestos-related tumor, rapidly progressive. This once rare tumor, is showing an increasing incidence worldwide according to extensive mining, whose peak was in the 1970s. At present, although asbestos-related activities have been restricted in most countries, the enormous historical production and use of asbestos in the form of various building materials and [...]

Difficulty to Diagnose Peritoneal Mesothelioma

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Primary peritoneal mesothelioma is a rare malignancy that is related to previous exposure to asbestos, with an increased risk proportional to the duration and intensity of exposure. It is a tumor arising from serial surfaces: pleura 70%, peritoneum 25%, pericardium, 10% and testis. Peritoneal localization is associated in about half of cases with effusion. In [...]

Primary Peritoneal Cancer Treatment

Friday, February 19th, 2010

A number of different types of treatments are used for the treatment of primary peritoneal cancer.
1. Surgery
You may be offered surgical removal of many cancers. This usually means the removal of the uterus, ovaries, fat in the skin of the abdomen (omentum), and much of the tumor as possible elsewhere.
2. Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is the use of [...]