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What Is
Mesothelioma
Mesothelioma is an uncommon form of cancer, usually associated with previous exposure to asbestos, which affects the pleura, a sac which surrounds the lungs, the peritoneum, the lining of the abdominal cavity, or the
 pericardium, a sac that surrounds the heart.
In this disease, malignant (cancerous) cells are found in the
mesothelium, a protective sac that covers most of the body's internal organs. Most people who develop mesothelioma have worked on jobs where they inhaled asbestos particles, or have been exposed to asbestos dust and
fiber in other ways, such as by washing the clothes of a family member who worked with asbestos, or by home renovation using asbestos cement products.
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Mesothelioma
News
• Chemo For Mesothelioma Offers Limited Survival Benefits MedicineNet.com
Title: Chemo for Mesothelioma Offers Limited Survival Benefits Category: Health News Created: 5/16/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 5/16/2008
• Chemo For Mesothelioma Offers Limited Survival Benefits HealthDay Via Yahoo News
THURSDAY, May 15 HealthDay News Adding chemotherapy to other treatments being giving to patients with mesothelioma, a lung cancer usually linked to asbestos exposure, does not appear to improve either survival or quality of life.
• Chemo For Mesothelioma Offers Limited Survival Benefits HealthCentral.com
Copyright 2008 ScoutNews LLC. All rights reserved. THURSDAY, May 15 HealthDay News Adding chemotherapy to other treatments being giving to patients with mesothelioma, a lung cancer usually linked to asbestos exposure, does not appear to improve either survival or quality of life.
• Chemotherapy Does Not Improve Treatment For Mesothelioma Medical News Today
For mesothelioma patients, the addition of chemotherapy to the usualactive symptom control ASC does not appear to improve survival orquality of life, according to an article released on May 16, 2008 in TheLancet. Malignant pleural mesothelioma MPM is cancer of the mesothelium, theprotective layer that covers the lungs.
• Chemo For Mesothelioma Offers Limited Survival Benefits KOLD News 13 Tuscon
THURSDAY, May 15 HealthDay News Adding chemotherapy to other treatments being giving to patients with mesothelioma, a lung cancer usually linked to asbestos exposure, does not
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