Is there any treatment that may help?
Mesothelioma responds very little to the normal cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy. There are a number of trials being run in an attempt to improve treatment but nothing has been found to cure this disease. Any treatment offered depends on several factors. These should include patient choice, how well someone is, and how advanced the disease is.
The initial most helpful treatment is that which deals with symptoms. Removing fluid from around the lung can help to relieve breathlessness. Firstly the fluid may be drained either by drawing off fluid or inserting a small drainage tube. However the fluid often reaccumulates and the chest physician or surgeon may perform a procedure called a ‘Pleurodesis’ This is an attempt to stick the lung surface to the chest wall by inserting sterile talc into the pleural space. This may be done by a surgeon using ‘key hole surgery’ otherwise called VATS - Video Assisted Thoracoscopic
Surgery.
The initial most helpful treatment is that which deals with symptoms. Removing fluid from around the lung can help to relieve breathlessness. Firstly the fluid may be drained either by drawing off fluid or inserting a small drainage tube. However the fluid often reaccumulates and the chest physician or surgeon may perform a procedure called a ‘Pleurodesis’ This is an attempt to stick the lung surface to the chest wall by inserting sterile talc into the pleural space. This may be done by a surgeon using ‘key hole surgery’ otherwise called VATS - Video Assisted Thoracoscopic
Surgery.
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