TREATMENT OF MESOTHELIOMA

Treatment of Mesothelioma are depends on many factors such as stage of the cancer, cancer's location, how far the cancer has spread, medical history of the patient, age, description of cancer cell under the microscope and also according to the patient’s desires.


Generally, The mesothelioma treatment divided into two categories; Conventional therapies {surgery, radiation and chemotherapy) and Experimental therapies (drug Alimta, gene therapy, immunotherapy, photodynamic therapy (PDT) and Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)}. Treatment of mesothelioma often used two or more combination therapy.