The major culprit that causes the dangerous kind of cancer, mesothelioma, is the asbestos. Majority of the mesothelioma scenarios documented have a background record of exposure to asbestos behind them. Then likewise, situations have been recorded rarely of this cancer where there was no involvement of asbestos particles. Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral which can be segregated into fine threads. It is commonly used in industries for...more
When a person is over exposed to asbestos, he can develop tumor cells then later would turn out to be malignant cancer cells, it would affect most of the body organs or otherwise known as mesothelioma. Normally, pleura, which is the outer lining of the lungs and internal chest wall is affected by serious form of cancer, though it may also occur in the peritoneum, the lining of the abdominal cavity and the pericardium, the sac keeping the...more
Another interesting study is called, "Surgical approach to pleural diffuse mesothelioma in Japan" by Keigo Takagia, Ryosuke Tsuchiyab, Yoh Watanabec - Volume 31, Issue 1, Pages 57-65 (1 January 2001). Here is an excerpt: "Abstract - The current status of the surgical treatment of patients with pleural diffuse mesothelioma in Japan was surveyed...more
Another interesting study is called, "A pilot study of systemic corticosteroid administration in conjunction with intrapleural adenoviral vector administration in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma." By Sterman DH, Molnar-Kimber K, Iyengar T, Chang M, Lanuti M, Amin KM, Pierce BK, Kang E, Treat J, Recio A, Litzky L, Wilson JM, Kaiser LR,...more
Another interesting study is called, "Palliative surgical debulking in malignant mesothelioma : Predictors of survival and symptom control" by A. E. Martin-Ucara, J. G. Edwardsa, A. Rengajarana, S. Mullerb and D. A. Waller, - Department of Thoracic Surgery, Glenfield Hospital, Groby Road, Leicester LE3 9QP, UK. Here is an excerpt: "Abstract - Objective: Malignant mesothelioma (MM) typically presents at an advanced stage. In the UK surgical intervention has been mostly reserved for tissue diagnosis or chemical pleurodesis. However, the role of debulking surgery in symptom control has not been fully explored. Methods: In a prospective cohort study, 51 consecutive patients presenting with MM underwent palliative surgical debulking for symptomatic relief (all patients presented with dyspnoea, 39 also had pain and two had a co-existing pleural empyema). Patients with early disease who underwent extrapleural pneumonectomy were excluded. The treatment aims were pleural drainage, lung re-expansion, pleurodesis and pleural debulking for symptom control. If the lung re-expanded after drainage of the effusion a subtotal parietal pleurectomy was performed via Video Assisted Thoracic...more
Conclusions: This preliminary experience demonstrates that laparoscopy is a safe and accurate method for detecting transdiaphragmatic tumor extension when CT fails to do so. Laparoscopy should be considered a standard part of prethoracotomy staging...more
Value of Tumor Markers for Differential Diagnosis Between Mesothelioma and other Pleural Tumors By: Montwrobleski77 About the Author Monty Wrobleski is the author of this article. For more information please click on the...more
Another interesting study is called, "Control of cell cycle progression in human mesothelioma cells treated with gamma interferon" - Oncogene 2001, vol. 20, no9, pp. 1085-1093 – Here is an excerpt: "Abstract - Recombinant human interferon gamma...more
Summary: Malignant pleural mesothelioma is an aggressive primary neoplasm for which early detection and accurate staging are known diagnostic challengesMalignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) is a Highly Lethal Neoplasm By: Montwrobleski77 ...more
All countries of the world have an obligation to their citizens to join in the international endeavor to ban all forms of asbestosAsbestos is still with us: Repeat call for a universal ban By: SEK KOMP About the Author ...more