IntroductionMesothelioma is a cancer that affects the tissue that surrounds and protects the various organs of the body. This tissue is called mesothelioma, mesothelioma and forced to become abnormal, divide without control and invade and damage nearby organs. The most common form is pleural mesothelioma which affects the bag lining the chest cavity and protects the lungs (pleura). Other forms are peritoneum mesothelioma (which affects the abdominal cavity) and pericardium mesothelioma (affecting the lining that surrounds the heart).

Tumors can be benign (not cancerous) or malignant (cancerous) although they are most often malignant.CausesMesothelioma is caused by the inhalation of asbestos, a carcinogenic, fibrous. These fibers lodge in the lining of the lung affecting the mesothelial cells. Sometimes cause scarring of the lungs (called asbestosis), but is not carcinogenic. They may, however, trigger tumor growth by 20 to 50 years after inhalation (the average is 35 to 40 years). The asbestos fibers are swallowed can reach the lining of the abdominal cavity, where they play a role in causing peritoneal mesothelioma.

It is generally the case that the longer or more intense exposure to asbestos, Mesothelioma is most likely to occur. However, there are cases of people who Mesothelioma years after having worked with him for several months. The families of asbestos workers are also at risk since it might have been exposed to asbestos fibers on the clothing of their loved ones.The hazards of asbestos are well known, but it was not always the case. Before 1970, asbestos was a primary insulating material with little or no control of its use or handling.

The resulting increase in the incidence of mesothelioma is a direct cause of the latter practices.SymptomsMesothelioma is often advanced before symptoms occur. This means that the prognosis is usually not very good, with the average time of survival of all stages of malignant mesothelioma is about one year. Symptoms similar to pneumonia, which coughs, breathing difficulties and common.TreatmentsMesothelioma abdominal pain can be treated with chemotherapy, radiotherapy or surgery, or a combination of three.

SurgeryExtra pleural pneumonectomy is where the entire lung and a portion of the chest wall , diaphragm, and some or all of the sac around the heart is removed. Objectives of a wide local excision and removes the cancer and a limited amount of healthy tissue surrounding the cancerous region.Pleurectomy and decortication removes part of the lining of the lungs and the thorax and parts of the exterior lung. Pleurodesis using a mixture of chemicals and / or drugs to create an intentional scar between the layers of the pleura.

After surgery, the space created by the scar must be drained, either by using a catheter or chest tube and is then filled with a chemical that prevents the accumulation of fluid in the cavity. TherapyRadiation pleura radiation therapy uses high energy X-rays to destroy cancer cells. In external beam radiation therapy machine emits radiation in a flow of a certain amount of radiation body.Internal uses needles, seeds and catheters to place radioactive substance directly on or near the cancer. ChemotherapyChemotherapy use drugs, Mesothelioma treatment, for cancer cells to stop dividing and thus prevent their growth.