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Patients usually do not discover that they have mesothelioma until they are in the doctor's office because they attribute their symptoms to common everyday ailments.
Common symptoms of mesothelioma
Mesothelioma is caused by asbestos exposure and generally symptoms don't appear until 30 years after exposure.
More on what causes mesothelioma
Several methods and procedures are used in order to reach a complete diagnosis including:
More information on diagnosing mesothelioma
Your treatment plan will generally involve surgery, radiation and/or chemotherapy. There are two general types of treatment: curative and palliative. Curative surgery is performed to seek a cure for your pleural mesothelioma. Palliative procedures are performed to reduce severity of symptoms.
A pneumonectomy and extrapleural pneumonectomy are two types of curative surgeries that may be performed on you in order to remove the tumor from your body. A pleurodesis and pleurocentesis are two types of treatments that may be performed on you to decrease the severity of your symptoms.
An important part of your treatment is staging of the cancer. There are generally four stages that are identified to gauge how far your cancer has progressed.
More detailed information about staging & treatment
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