Archive for July, 2008
Special Therapy for Mesothelioma: Mind Body Medicine
Mind body medicine is an approach to healing that uses the power of thoughts and emotions to positively influence physical health. It focuses on the interactions among the brain, mind, body, and behavior, and on the powerful ways in which emotional, mental, social, spiritual, and behavioral factors can directly affect health.
Mind body medicine includes relaxation, [...]
Mesothelioma Stages And Treatment
Staging is the process of finding out how far the cancer has spread. The proper staging of cancer allows the oncologist to determine the best course of treatment for the patient.
Currently, the three systems that are used to stage this disease are the Butchart, TNM, and Brigham systems. Experts recommend that the TNM system, [...]
Asbestos: A History of Callous Disregard
Asbestos is extremely hazardous. According to the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (or “NIOSH”) “all levels of asbestos exposure studied to date have demonstrated asbestos–related disease” and “there is no level of [asbestos] exposure below which clinical effects do not occur.” (“Asbestos Bibliography,” DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 97–162, p. 25 (1997). However, Asbestos [...]
Pericardial Mesothelioma
Pericardial mesothelioma develops in the pericardium, a membrane made up of mesothelial cells that surrounds the heart and provides protection and support to this organ. This type of mesothelioma is the least common form. Only around 5% of mesothelioma cases are pericardial. Doctors view this form of mesothelioma as even more serious than the other [...]
Peritoneal Mesothelioma
Peritoneal mesothelioma is the second most common type of mesothelioma , making up slightly less than 30% of diagnosed mesothelioma cases. This type of mesothelioma affects the cells of the abdominal lining, also known as the peritoneum, which supports and protects organs in the abdomen.
While all forms of mesothelioma affect men more than women, if [...]
Important Information about Alimta
Alimta is a chemotherapy drug that is currently being tested for the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma. Alimta is a colourless fluid.
If you have any of below conditions, you may not be able to receive Alimta, or you may need a dosage adjustment or special tests during treatment :
kidney disease;
liver disease;
a weak immune system; or
excess fluid in [...]
How Mesothelioma is Diagnosed
How mesothelioma is diagnosed
Diagnosis is the process of determining the kind of disease that is present. An accurate diagnosis is important because it helps to determine the type of treatment that you will undergo.
Your doctors may use a number of procedures to aid in the diagnosis of mesothelioma. The most common of those procedures are [...]
Mesothelioma Diagnosis
Because symptoms of mesothelioma are very non-specific, misdiagnosis are not uncommon. An accurate diagnosis largely depends on the patient providing a complete history - both medical and occupational. This may indicate any past exposure to asbestos which may have caused the disease. Patient should not ignore even a very short period of exposure to asbestos many years ago, because brief exposure to asbestos also can [...]
How to Protect Asbestos Workers’ Family Members
Workers exposed to asbestos may put their family members in danger of Exposure to Asbestos. They can carry Asbestos home from work on their clothes, bodies, tools and other items, and then unknowingly expose their families to this hazardous substances , causing mesothelioma. This can also occur when the home and workplace are not separated, such as [...]
Asbestos containing materials in daily life cause Mesothelioma!
Mesothelioma is a deadly cancer that occurs in individuals exposed to asbestos. Mesothelioma victims have inhaled asbestos fibers which then travel through the lung and become lodged in the pleura (the thin, saran wrap-type membrane lining the lungs.) Each year 2,500 to 4,000 patients in the U.S. are diagnosed with mesothelioma.
A [...]