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Mesothelioma curative procedures
By Eden Ali | June 20, 2007
Potentially Curative Procedures:
These procedures are carried out mesothelioma patients “curative intentions”. The objective is the total removal of all gross cancer, bearing in mind that microscopic or minute disease will very likely stay behind.
Adjuvant therapy (another type of treatment in addition to the primary therapy) is usually directed at removing residual or left behind disease.
For Pleural Mesothelioma:
Pleurectomy/Decortication is usually carried out on mesothelioma patients with beginning stage of the disease (Stage I and selected Stage II), and try to eliminate all gross cancer. It is known that pleural mesothelioma can not be eliminated without removing the lung, this will be done respectively, and it is called pneumonectomy.
Extrapleural Pneumonectomy is considered a more principled surgery than other mesothelioma treatments procedures, and must be performed by surgeons with good experience in examining mesothelioma patients and carrying out the operation itself.
Actually, in the past these operations alone has failed in curing, or even in the prolongation of life for any extended length of time. This is presently being combined with typical radiation and/or chemotherapy, or other new mesothelioma treatments such as gene therapy, photodynamic or immunotherapy.
For Peritoneal Mesothelioma:
Cytoreductive Surgery is directed at eliminating nearly all or all of the detected tumor in the peritoneal region. In addition to the above surgery, Intra-Peritoneal Hyperthermic Chemotherapy will be used in abdominal cavity so as to remove any other residual cancerous cells.
The use of this procedure usually result in a high level of curative procedures with regards to time.
Mesothelioma treatments especially pleural mesothelioma, should be handled by qualified and experienced physician who participates in scientific investigational therapies.
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