Mesothelioma Surgery

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

If you are diagnosed with mesothelioma, you may be able to have one of many different types of surgery to help out in different ways. There are various procedures that you may have to undergo and they can usually be classified in three ways. There are diagnostic procedures, palliative procedures, and curative procedures. Diagnostic procedures [...]

Developing Mesothelioma

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

Mesothelioma is a fairly rare cancer that can lead to a malignant tumor and is associated with prior exposure to asbestos. The exposure could have been 20 to even 50 years ago and only now will symptoms start to appear. Mesothelioma can develop in mesothelial cells in the pleura, pericardium, and peritoneum. The pleura is [...]