Malignant pleural mesothelioma is a very dangerous type of cancer which develops in the pleura region.
This pleura region is responsible for the movement of lungs during the breathing process, and are responsible for producing the pleural fluids which help the lungs to move more flexible.
What is the cause of malignant pleural mesothelioma? This is the most important question when we talk about mesothelioma, the top reason is Asbestos.
This word refers to a kind of material that was used in the manufacturing field in the past, especially the construction companies used these materials for a long time in the past.
Now, the manufacturing companies don't use these dangerous materials any more.
How does it develop? After inhalation of asbestos, asbestos can reach to lungs and settle on the pleura and make abnormal activities in the pleural cavity, through the incoming years, tumors begin to develop on the pleura.
From here the dangerous effects will appear.
The fluid effusion will be observed due to the excess of the normal fluids, this leads to a shortness of breath and makes some chest pain.
The main problem for the doctors too is the delay of symptoms to appear - the symptoms may take from 30 to 50 years to appear.
Another problem to diagnosing mesothelioma, when the symptoms appear, they are very similar to the symptoms of other common and less dangerous diseases.
The treatment options of pleural mesothelioma can be one of the following methods, or doctors may make a combination for all methods.
The first option is the surgery, the second option is the chemotherapy and the third option is the radiation therapy.