MESOTHELIOMA Facts and Answers

mesothelioma

Monday, October 20, 2008

Cancer mesothelioma - Miscellaneous

Tumors originating mesothelioma (membrane to protect the body for most organs such as lungs, heart and stomach), may be benign or malignant. Benign tumors do no harm and can not harm or less harm to the individual, because it is not cancer. On the other hand, a malignant tumor cells of malignant mesothelioma cancer is mesothelioma. Unfortunately, the volumes of mesothelioma cancer cells are usually, so Malignant mesothelioma is usually referred to as "mesothelioma". , There are three types of mesothelioma:

The Pleuramesotheliom
• Peritonial mesothelioma
• Pericardial mesothelioma.

Pleuramesotheliom frequency in the chest. This is an investment of lung cancer. The pleura is the overlap, whose function is to produce liquid oil, lungs, so they can be easily moved that the individual breaths. This form of mesothelioma is a high degree of probability of metastasis (spread) to other organs. Unfortunately there is the fact that they usually do not. Pleuramesotheliom is the type of malignant mesothelioma an event with about 75% of all malignant mesothelioma. Sometimes, the Pleuramesotheliom wrongly diagnosed as lung cancer. It differs from lung cancer, why not come from the lungs, such as lung cancer, but does not come from the lining of the lungs.

Peritoneal mesothelioma from his belly button when the peritoneum. Peritoneum, the task of lubricating fluids, so that the stomach is free to move. This type of mesotholioma usually extended to other parts of the body like the liver or intestine. Peritoneal mesothelioma is less common than the pleural mesotholioma amounting to about 10% to 20% of all malignant mesothelioma. However, it will be more aggressive.

Pericardial mesothelioma originating in the mucous membrane, which surrounds the nucleus. The coating is called pericardium, whose function is a liquid, oil protects the heart, the heart is free to move. This form of cancer is less common type of malignant mesothelioma, accounting for 5% to 15% of all species. This type of mesothelioma is very aggressive.