Traditional Mesothelioma Treatment

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Traditional mesothelioma treatments are the standard treatments for malignant mesothelioma, which is a cancerous disease affecting the mesothelial cells in tissues of the human body. Treatment methods of mesothelioma diverge due to a number of factors, such as the location of the cancer cell, the stage of the disease, and a patient’s personal choices. In general, traditional mesothelioma treatment includes surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy, or different combinations of these three treatments.

Surgery or surgical treatment is employed to either remove the cancer from the affected organ or alleviate pain. Sometimes, it may be impossible to remove all parts over which the affliction has spread; however surgical intervention may help in reducing pain. Two major types of surgical treatments include “pneumonectomy” and “palliative procedures.”

Pneumonectomy involves the surgical removal of a lung. This method comes in two varieties, “traditional pneumonectomy” in which the diseased lung is removed, and “extrapleural pneumonectomy” wherein the afflicted lung as well as part of the pericardium, diaphragm or parietal pleura on the same side of the chest, are removed.

In palliative procedures, treatment used does not heal mesothelioma, but eases pain and controls symptoms. “Thoracentisis” and “pleurectomy/decortication” are among the various palliative procedures. In thoracentisis, a needle is put into the chest cavity, either to drain fluid for diagnosis, or to drain fluid to relieve pain. Pleurectomy/decortication removes the pleura so as to lessen pain or prevent the recurrence of pleural effusion.

Chemotherapy is another important traditional mesothelioma treatment used to kill cancer cells by injecting medicines intravenously into the ailed areas. This method also involves the use of drugs to keep cancer cells from multiplying. Side effects can be quite severe in this treatment because chemotherapy may even destroy healthy cell in addition to the cancer cells. Nausea, vomiting, fatigue, hair loss, constipation, decreased appetite and mouth sores are some of its side effects.

Radiation treatment (radiation therapy or radiotherapy) uses high-energy rays (like x-rays) to damage mesothelioma cancer cells in a localized area. Although healthy cells may also be affected, they can repair themselves more effectively. The side effects of radiotherapy as a traditional mesothelioma treatment include fatigue, hair loss, skin irritation, nausea and difficult breathing.


51 comments

  1. harish // January 30, 2010 at 8:35 PM  

    these traditional methods are a waste of time and it is better to move forward to modern treatments

  2. Dheeraj // January 30, 2010 at 8:46 PM  

    yes traditional methods take a lot of time to cure its better to prefer modern methods

  3. Unknown // January 30, 2010 at 9:19 PM  

    this is really nice article,because it is dangerous diseases.

  4. Unknown // January 30, 2010 at 9:41 PM  

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  5. Anonymous // January 30, 2010 at 11:16 PM  

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  6. kal_age // January 30, 2010 at 11:47 PM  

    this article helped us to learn more about traditional mesothelioma treatment and their side effects. thanks.

  7. Unknown // January 31, 2010 at 12:00 AM  

    the real effectiveness of this disease reduction can be gone through traditional approach...thanks for posting

  8. roko // January 31, 2010 at 12:09 AM  

    The symptoms of mesothelioma include shortness of breath due to pleural effusion (fluid between the lung and the chest wall) or chest wall pain, and general symptoms such as weight loss.

  9. Unknown // January 31, 2010 at 12:24 AM  

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  10. noman // January 31, 2010 at 12:59 AM  

    this article shows a clear difference between modern and traditonal treatments and in my opinion it is better to adopt modern methods rather than these traditional methods which are less effective and more time consuming

  11. Anonymous // January 31, 2010 at 1:20 AM  

    This article is written after deep research.it contains full information about the topic and clears the topic in easy ways.thanks for posting.

  12. demibara // January 31, 2010 at 2:35 AM  

    traditional methods are waste of time but modern methods are expensive. Are any ways out?

  13. Anonymous // January 31, 2010 at 3:39 AM  

    Traditional or modern...whatever method of healing a person, the most important is a person would be heal and clean from this world wide killing decease.

  14. Unknown // January 31, 2010 at 6:45 PM  

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  15. bollywood // January 31, 2010 at 6:49 PM  

    Good discription about traditionsal mesithelmia treatment.

  16. Anonymous // January 31, 2010 at 7:00 PM  

    Thank you for sharing it with us. It is very useful reading this blog. Keep up the good work.

  17. Unknown // January 31, 2010 at 7:11 PM  

    very informaive article, thanks for posting.

  18. Unknown // January 31, 2010 at 9:19 PM  

    im really in scientific research taditional treatment is uncertainty...they develop to leaps n bounds...following the methods to reduce..im learned a lot from this article,thanks

  19. adoula01 // January 31, 2010 at 9:28 PM  

    -useful tips and it's of great value to many pepole !! , guess i'll share the info here with a friend who want informations about traditional Mesothelioma Treatment..thank you very much for your article

  20. Anonymous // January 31, 2010 at 10:30 PM  

    Very nit clean and article. I find this article very useful. Thanks.

  21. Unknown // February 1, 2010 at 12:01 AM  

    Every person reacts differently to treatment?

  22. Anonymous // February 1, 2010 at 12:01 AM  

    this article helped us to learn more about traditional mesothelioma treatment and their side effects. thanks for share.

  23. wwally4 // February 1, 2010 at 1:50 AM  

    these traditional treatments still have some bad side effects. we need to find a better treatment for Mesothelioma.

  24. harish // February 1, 2010 at 4:22 AM  

    these traditional methods are a real waste of time to follow

  25. Anonymous // February 1, 2010 at 6:45 AM  

    the article is nice and it is useful to know about these information

  26. Unknown // February 1, 2010 at 10:03 AM  

    Nice article to spread information about the disease...

  27. Unknown // February 1, 2010 at 4:06 PM  

    some people get affected by mesothelioma cancer. there are various treatment for it. it is oone of it.

  28. KAMRUL AHSAN // February 2, 2010 at 6:38 AM  

    Very important article which helped us to learn more about traditional mesothelioma treatment and their side effects. thank's for the article.

  29. Unknown // February 2, 2010 at 6:39 AM  

    sooooooo confused what to do traditional methods take much more time than modern method but i have noted that modern method cure you more earlier than traditional method but there side effects are i think more harmful than traditional .

  30. Unknown // February 2, 2010 at 6:55 AM  

    Wonderful Article, Traditional Mesothelioma Treatment is good one and he explained how will effects the human body and after this disease get we should follow the traditional treatment as by the doctors daily dosage and thanks for sharing.

  31. Unknown // February 2, 2010 at 7:02 AM  

    Very required information provided in the article. Thanks for sharing with us.

  32. Punya NdeIting Nih // February 2, 2010 at 7:02 AM  

    treatment with the traditional way it should be done to reduce the side effects of the use of chemicals. thanks for the information

  33. sarah // February 2, 2010 at 7:30 AM  

    nice informations....but i really think that modern methods are more quicker and safer

  34. shamiul // February 2, 2010 at 7:59 AM  

    Really got direction about traditional treatmeant of mesothelioma . Do you think with the innovation of new kind of treatment traditional process has more effect in these days?

  35. harish // February 2, 2010 at 8:27 AM  

    not many people nowadays follow traditional mesothelioma treatment

  36. indolaron // February 2, 2010 at 8:31 AM  

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  37. A .K . ARORA // February 2, 2010 at 8:32 AM  

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  38. Anonymous // February 2, 2010 at 8:38 AM  

    Useful information on traditional mesothelioma treatment.

  39. diansunarko // February 2, 2010 at 8:48 AM  

    Good postn\ing, an alternative mesothelioma in this article give me knowledge about it. Thanks for share

  40. Unknown // February 2, 2010 at 6:52 PM  

    I will be following this blog closely. I see you put a lot of thought into what you write in mesothelioma topic

  41. Unknown // February 2, 2010 at 9:04 PM  

    previously I have been looking for this type of article thank you.

  42. KAMRUL AHSAN // February 24, 2010 at 3:14 PM  

    a great article and it is very useful to us to clear understand abouttraditional mesothelioma treatment, it is really helpful.Thanks for your information about mesithelmia treatmen

  43. vandalizmartistic // February 24, 2010 at 4:40 PM  

    this article gives me much information.it is really a helpful article.thanks for share this article with us.

  44. Unknown // February 24, 2010 at 5:33 PM  

    hope many years to come researcher can find a more simple treatment without having those three lenght stages of healing

  45. Enjie // February 24, 2010 at 5:52 PM  

    Traditional or modern treatment, if all of it do in professional will give the best result

  46. muz!q & movies news // February 24, 2010 at 7:30 PM  

    i always prefer traditional methods as they take more time than modern methods but with no side effects such as radiation therapy has

  47. biosha // February 24, 2010 at 7:49 PM  

    it is not to say traditional treatment is meaningless we have studied all from tradition which is the step stones for the advancement. then why modern treatment form several side effects.

  48. lobotomi // February 24, 2010 at 8:33 PM  

    Traditional mesothelioma treatment usually more effective then modern treatment and more cheaper at cost...

  49. weriko // February 24, 2010 at 8:49 PM  

    It has also been suggested that washing the clothes of a family member who worked with asbestos can put a person at risk for developing mesothelioma

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  51. Unknown // February 24, 2010 at 11:18 PM  

    traditional mesothelioma treatment modalities have proven ineffective in combating the fatal disease. Malignant mesothelioma has a particularly long period, allowing the cancer to develop into an advanced and virtually untreatable stage.

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