how to cure of mesothelioma?

There are three types of traditional treatments for patients with malignant mesothelioma. Often two or more of the combined treatment:

    Surgery (cancer)


    radiotherapy (using high-dose X-rays or other high-energy rays to kill cancer cells), and


    chemotherapy (using drugs to fight cancer).

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Operation: There are several types of operations used in the treatment of mesothelioma.

    pleurectomy is the removal of some layers of the chest or abdomen and some surrounding tissue.


    Depending on how far the cancer has spread, a lung may be removed in an operation called pneumonectomy.


    In extrapleural pneumonectomy lung will be removed along with the layers and the diaphragm (the muscle that helps you breathe), the affected side. In this operation, the pericardium was removed as well.


    Sometimes pleurectomy / decortication performed. In this operation, the lining of the lungs to be removed along with the most tumor.

Radiation therapy uses high energy X-rays to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Radiation may come from outside the body (external radiation therapy) or from putting materials that produce radiation (radioisotopes) through thin plastic tubes in an area where cancer cells are found (internal radiation).

If fluid has collected in the chest or abdomen, your doctor may drain fluid from the body by a needle into the chest or abdomen and using gentle suction to remove fluid. If fluid is removed from the chest, this is called thoracentesis. If fluid is removed from the abdomen, this is called paracentesis. Your doctor may also put drugs through a tube into the chest to prevent more fluid from accumulating.

Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill cancer cells. Chemotherapy may be given by pill, or it can be inserted into the body with a needle in a vein or muscle.

chemotherapeutic agents can be administered either systemically (via the blood stream) or intrapleurally (in the pleural cavity). When given intrapleurally, the treatment is localized in the tumor. These drugs are generally very toxic and you should discuss its use very carefully with your doctor.