Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Main Mesothelioma Traetment Options

What about the available options to treat mesothelioma cancer, I have mentioned before in other articles that mesothelioma is a very rare type of cancer that have a very long time to appear inside the human body, the symptoms of that disease have many years that may be from 30 to 50 years to appear some symptoms. This problem make the discovering of mesothelioma cancer is very hard.

The other problem to discover mesothelioma cancer is the similarity of mesothelioma signs to the signs of other diseases that make the diagnosis of mesothelioma is more difficult that other types of cancers. SO, the diagnosis process takes many operations to be achieved then the road of mesothelioma treatment will be began.

Available treatment options to cure this type of cancer.

1. The surgery option, the most powerful method to treat mesothelioma tumors, by removing the affect parts and the parts that surround the main tumors. The surgeon may have to remove the whole lung with only the very late cases.

2. The chemotherapy option, "the drug option" which can treat the tumors by giving the patient some chemical drugs that can reach the affected parts throughout the blood stream system and then can destroy the cells of the tumors. This option can be used in addition of the surgery option.

3. The last option to cure mesothelioma cancer is the radiotherapy, by using some radiations that have the ability of destroying the affected cells. This option may be used after the surgery option to destroy the remaining cancer cells.

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