From Initial Symptoms to Diagnosis: Mesothelioma Testing Procedures

Undergoing treatment for mesothelioma is a battle no one wants to fight, but for many mesothelioma patients, the rocky road begins even bef...

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Multimodal Therapy Improve Survival For Mesothelioma Patients

Multimodal therapy, or multimodality therapy, is the combination of several cancer treatments (or modalities), including surgery, chemoth...

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Pleurectomy Decortication is Effective Treatment for Mesothelioma Cancer

Lung-Sparing   Pleurectomy With Decortication (P/D) For some patients with pleural mesothelioma, pleurectomy/decortication (P/D) surgery ...

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Asbestos is the only confirmed cause of mesothelioma.

While the causes of many types of cancer remain unknown, that is not the case with mesothelioma. Up to 85% of all diagnosed cases of mes...

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Stages and Life Expectancy of Mesothelioma

Pleural mesothelioma progresses through four stages. Oncologists diagnose cancer and monitor its progress in terms of “stages.” Staging ...

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