Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma be a type of cancer wey dey develop from de thin layer of tissue wey dey cover chaw of de internal organs (dem know as de mesothelium). De area most commonly affected be de lining of de lungs den chest wall. Less commonly de lining of de abdomen den rarely de sac wey dey surround de heart, anaa de sac wey dey surround each testis fi be affected. Signs den symptoms of mesothelioma fi include shortness of breath secof fluid around de lung, a swollen abdomen, chest wall pain, cough, feeling tired, den weight loss. Dese symptoms typically dey cam on slowly.

More dan 80% of mesothelioma cases be caused by exposure to asbestos. De greater de exposure, de greater de risk. As of 2013, na about 125 million people worldwide dem be exposed to asbestos at work. High rates of disease dey occur insyd people wey dey mine asbestos, produce products from asbestos, work plus asbestos products, live plus asbestos workers, anaa work insyd buildings wey dey contain asbestos. Asbestos exposure den de onset of cancer generally be separated by about 40 years. Washing de clothing of sam bro wey work plus asbestos sanso dey increase de risk. Oda risk factors dey include genetics den infection plus de simian virus 40. Dem fi suspect de diagnosis base on chest X-ray den CT scan findings, wey e be confirmed by either examining fluid wey be produced by de cancer anaa by a tissue biopsy of de cancer.

Prevention dey focus on reducing exposure to asbestos. Treatment often dey include surgery, radiation therapy, den chemotherapy. A procedure dem know as pleurodesis, wich dey involve using substances such as talc to scar togeda de pleura, fi be used to prevent more fluid from building up around de lungs. Chemotherapy often dey include de medications cisplatin den pemetrexed. De percentage of people wey survive five years dey follow diagnosis be on average 8% insyd de United States.

Insyd 2015, na about 60,800 people get mesothelioma, wey na 32,000 die from de disease. Rates of mesothelioma dey vary insyd different areas of de world. Rates be higher insyd Australia, de United Kingdom, den lower insyd Japan. E dey occur insyd about 3,000 people per year insyd de United States. E dey occur more often insyd males dan females. Na rates of disease increase since de 1950s. Diagnosis typically dey occur after de age of 65 den chaw deaths occur around 70 years old. Na de disease be rare before de commercial use of asbestos.

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Category:Asbestos
Category:Connective den soft tissue neoplasms
Category:Diseases of pleura
Category:Infectious causes of cancer
Category:Occupational diseases
Category:Pleura neoplasia
Category:Rare cancers