Treatment of mesothelioma
The mesothelioma treatment option is right for you depends on many factors including your age, overall health status, cancer stage, cell type (which determines the aggressiveness of the cancer) and most importantly, your personal desires. To help you evaluate these options, you will have a multidisciplinary team (MDTs) of physicians who will [...]
Asbestos is a natural mineral that has a crystalline structure as a string. This substance, which is usually mixed with other minerals, is only dangerous if its broken crystal fibers float in the air after being agitated.
Asbestos has been exploited and used by more than 100 years. However, the extraction and use levels achieved enormous [...]
Pleural mesothelioma is the most frequent, being 9 times higher than the incidence of peritoneal mesothelioma. It is more common in males than in females, with age of onset of symptoms between 50 to 70 years with a latency period of 20 to 40 years. In 80% of cases the cause is exposure to asbestos [...]
