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more_legal_areas mesotheliomaThere is no standard mesothelioma treatment regimen. The FDA has not articulated a treatment regimen for the disease. How and why the disease develops is not known. The American Cancer Society has created a list suggested for those with mesothelioma to ask their doctor. The questions include:
Early diagnosis of mesothelioma allows a greater number of treatment options including chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, experimental therapies and drugs, complementary medicine and therapies, and lifestyle modifications.
Chemotherapy is often offered as a treatment for mesothelioma but post patients who receive this type of treatment do not respond favorably to it. Chemotherapy is also used when the disease has spread and no other treatment is an option.
Radiation is offered but is seen as ineffective at increasing survival but mildly helpful in managing pain and other disease effects.
Surgery is used for exploratory measures, relief, and tumor removal. Exploratory surgery of the chest can be used as a tool in early diagnosis of mesothelioma. Palliative surgery is used for relief, not as a cure. Usually this type of surgery is performed when the tumor has spread beyond the mesothelium and is hard to completely remove.
A pleurectomy is to remove the tumor from the surface of the lung by opening up the chest. The pleura is removed, also, which is where the majority of the tumor exists. Extrapleural pneumonectomy is the operation that has the best record for removing the maximum number of tumor cells. It involves removal of a portion of the lung called the parietal pleura, which lines the lung, the pericardium, the heart lining, and the diaphragm. Survival rate for this type of surgery is 41 months because of the intensity of this procedure.
Complementary methods like sticking to a vegetarian diet, exercise, vitamins, herbal remedies, or stress management can sometimes help a patient with mesothelioma better deal with their condition or to enhance their quality of life.
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