treatment options for mesothelioma depends on many internal factors, such as stage, local and patient’s age and desires. important external factors to consider are the level of experience with mesothelioma cases, the oncologist, and whether the rural population should be transferred to Larger Treatment for aggressive city or Hospice.
The patient survival rate has chosen not to exceed one year, although some cancer centers reported life expectancy after diagnosis is not to mention five years.
Triage
Imaging tests allow doctors to see a picture of the location of the cancer. These tests may include radiographs, CT (computed tomography) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
The new screening instrument: Test Mesomark
Food and Drug Administration has just approved (January 2007), the world’s first vitro mesothelioma. Mesomark test test developed by Fujirebio Diagnostics is given to patients who have been diagnosed with a two-stage epithelioid mesothelioma, or a simple blood test. Measure the protein in the blood, which reflect changes in the patient’s tumor is a key factor in monitoring the patient’s status and response to treatments.
Traditional types of care
removing the whole lung and part of the lining of the chest, diaphragm and part of the membrane surrounding the heart.
Toracoscopia Adding an endoscope is a small, narrow tube contains a small pouch Cameria in Pulmonary look directly at the tumor. Pathologist s”to collect the biopsy tissue. Often, chemical pleurodesis (pleural fluid drainage space), can be done during the same procedure.
Mediastinoscopia, Another type of incision is sometimes used for the extension phase of the disease of the enlarged nodes are seen using imaging techniques.
Laproscopy used in patients with mesothelioma when imaging the tumor has penetrated through the membrane. This information is important in assessing the patient’s potential pleurectomy or extrapleural pneumonectomy.
Radiotherapy (At high X-ray or other high-energy rays to kill cancer cells.
Radiation – Although mesothelioma tumors are very resistant to radiation therapy, these treatments are sometimes used to relieve symptoms arising from tumor growth, such as prevention of major blood vessels.
Radiotherapy is generally used for sites added to the chest tube to prevent the growth of tumor along the track the chest.
Chemotherapy – It is used to stop cancer cells growing and dividing.
Immunotherapy: Heated intraoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy requires, and to remove the tumor as possible after direct administration warmed (40 and 48 ° C), chemotherapy agent, in the stomach, as 60-120 minutes and drained.
Palliative procedures
Pleuroperitoneal ShunThere is a procedure where a catheter placed skin, pleural and abdominal cavity. This procedure raises concern because the catheter can damage the stomach to hide.
Pleurectomia, Palliative procedures can be carried out when the broader intersection is not an option. The procedure is not effective to remove all tumors. Is considered the most effective way to control pleural effusion (fluid retention) if the extension of the lungs’ s restricted to mesothelioma.
Potentially curative procedures
These processes are”healing”.
Peel pleurectomy / generally performed in patients with early disease, pleural mesothelioma (Phase I and Phase II selected), and seeks to remove a tumor of the grave.
Extrapleural Pneumonectomy have surgery to remove infected lung of the pericardium, diaphragm and part of the parietal pleura. This type of surgery has been used more frequently malignant mesothelioma, which is combined with traditional chemotherapy or radiation therapy, gene therapy, immune therapy, or photodynamic therapy.
Cytoreductive Cirurgia appears to suppress tumors in the abdominal cavity. Residual cancer cells in peritoneal hyper deal with internal thermal (heated) Chemotherapy (IPHC) and then placed in the abdominal cavity.