Mesothelioma Surgery- What Are Your Options?

There are three main types of surgery used to treat mesothelioma.

Diagnosis-operation: This is used to confirm diagnosis and tumor location. It is usually noninvasive {it does not require cutting the patient's surgical}

B-curative surgery: This involves removing as much tumor as possible with the hope of treating the patient. Radiation therapy and chemotherapy and is often used in combination with this type of surgery.

C-Palliative surgery: This type of surgery offers only symptomatic relief. This involves the removal of cancer tissue, but does not offer a cure.

These are different types of surgical procedures for treatment:

1-Biopsy

This is a diagnostic form of surgery in which the suspected cancer tissue was partially removed and sent to a laboratory for research under a microscope to determine whether cancer cells. There are three types of biopsy procedures} cone biopsy is not generally relevant in the diagnosis of mesothelioma. b} Excisional biopsy involves removing as much as possible all the cancerous cells for testing. c} needle biopsy usually uses a long needle to remove a sample of cells from the area where cancer is suspected.

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