Epithelial Mesothelioma
Posted on: October 4, 2023Epithelial Mesothelioma is a Cancer that involves the mesothelial lining cells. It is a malignant tumor that originates from mesothelial tissue of the pleura. Epithelial Mesothelioma affects the membrane lining the chest cavity, heart, lungs and abdominal cavity.
It is one of the rarest forms of Cancer that exists. Epithelial Mesothelioma is mainly caused by Asbestos exposure. It can be very difficult to determine the time and place in which epithelial mesothelioma was contracted. This is because patients who developed it were already exposed to asbestos 15-40 years beforehand.
Workers who have the highest chance of contracting and developing epithelial mesothelioma are workers involved in: construction, building and automotive industries.
Some of the mesothelioma treatments used in treating epithelial mesothelioma are radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Both these treatments are systematic and have the disadvantage that they affect the surrounding tissues plus cancerous tissues in the body.
Radiation therapy is used in combination with surgery treatments in order to remove cancerous tissues from growing in the body. Chemotherapy on the other hand has not proved very effective against epithelial mesothelioma but doctors are working on improvements.
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