mesothelioma treatment

As with other treatments against cancer, Mesothelioma treatment depends on the location of the tumor, stage of disease and health status of patients.

Your oncologist will decide in the line of treatment. A difficult disease to treat and the prognosis is generally poor. Treatment options include:

If mesothelioma is diagnosed in early stage, surgery May be suggested to remove the cancerous cells. Thoracoscopy, or video Cuvettes thoracic surgery help, or be laproscopy May mediastinoscopy. Often, doctors recommend palliative procedures such as the chest tube drainage and pleurodesis, thoracoscopy and pleurodesis, pleuroperitonial shunt, or pleurectomy, which treat the symptoms of mesothelioma rather than the disease itself.

Aggressive outreach is a prescription for mesothelioma patients and is often done with a combination of operations to control symptoms and prevent disease progression. Before starting chemotherapy treatment, research, radiation therapy and traditional radiation surrounding the health of network damage.

Choice of chemotherapy is humming and around 10-20% of patients respond to treatment. Anti-cancer drugs destroy cancer cells and prevent their spread. In mesothelioma, chemotherapy is necessary to treat the disease, the goal is to buy to prevent the spread of the disease, reducing the tumor before the operation, known as neoadjuvant therapy, to eliminate the remnants of the tumor in the body after surgery and without pain and agitation another.

Immunotherapy is the place where the body is to stimulate your immune system to fight against the disease. Modifiers of the biological response, BRMS, are used in treatment. These functions improve the immune system determine the metabolic reactions that promote cancer growth, change the cancer cell division, block or reverse the process that led to the formation of cancer, and prevent the spread of cancer.

Gene therapy, in which efforts are made to improve the generation of the sequence that causes cancer. There are two types, the replacement gene therapy and knockout gene therapy.

Administration of lovastatin, a drug that low levels of bad cholesterol.

Photodynamic treatment in which the photosensitive drug is activated by using lasers. This is done during the elimination of cancer cells.

Drain fluid from the chest or abdominal cavity, followed by the introduction of drugs into the cavity to prevent fluid accumulation. This is done for patients without fluid accumulation and intense discomfort from symptoms.

Trimodal therapy or a combination therapy that combines surgery with radiation treatment.

Often, drugs or medication complete alernative also used. Be qualified for this type of care that focuses on patient's physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being. In the case of mesothelioma is impossible to treat patients may choose to pilot a new clinical treatment.