Peritoneal mesothelioma, also known as asbestos lung cancer is a relatively rare cancer mesothelioma, which is less than one quarter of all mesothelioma cases. It is called Peritoneal because it resembles a tumor in the peritoneal membrane of the stomach.
Causes
Exposure to asbestos is the only known cause of this disease in the United States. Patients with peritoneal mesothelioma have inhaled or swallowed asbestos fibers usually through work-related activities. Symptoms do not occur until 20 to 40 years after contact with the mineral and its derivatives. Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma is often fatal and patients who suffer from it live on average less than one year from the time of diagnosis.
Symptoms of peritoneal mesothelioma
Symptoms may include abdominal pain, bloating, a change in bowel habits such as diarrhea or constipation most common pieces of tissue in the abdomen and unexplained weight loss.
Diagnostic tools
Peritoneal mesothelioma, first to detect X-rays or CT scans, peritoneoscopy (analysis of the peritoneum), or biopsy sample of tissue was examined pathologically.
Treatment Options
Spot treatments treat only the site of the original cancer surgery or radiation. A peritonectomy used when surgery is peritoneal mesothelioma is detected early. However, symptoms usually are detected only in the later stages, due to the gradual development of symptoms. Complete removal surgery Caner is doubtful, even in the early stages of the disease. The first 30 days after surgery are crucial. Unfortunately, the mortality rate after surgery for this operation is very high. Many patients do not perform the procedure. In this regard, many medical centers do not choose surgery as a treatment option viable plan for now.
Regional chemotherapy is used in cases of peritoneal mesothelioma when the cancer is still localized at its point of origin. This is a treatment used in early and late stages of the disease with anticancer drugs. The drugs are injected directly into the abdomen. Patients on weekly or biweekly treatments depending on the specific drugs used.
A further method is known as adjuvant chemotherapy (regional chemotherapy) can be used immediately after surgery to reduce the likelihood of cancer recurrence. However, when the cancer can not be completely removed by surgery, chemotherapy will continue throughout the existence of cancer in an attempt to slow its development.
A second type of treatment known as systemic treatments are used when the cancer has metastasized (spread throughout the body). Systemic treatments performed in two steps or stages of peritoneal mesothelioma.
For peritoneal mesothelioma usually remains dormant for years, cancer is usually detected in the final phase. At this stage patients are too ill to cope with intensive chemotherapy. Doctors choose palliative non-aggressive right now. Treatment goals focus on the alleviation of pain, discomfort and weight loss instead of attacking the head of the disease. A type of joint pain in the states of the delay is caused by an accumulation of fluid in the abdomen. The doctors will try to reduce pain and discomfort by draining excess fluid through a procedure called abdominal paracentesis.
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