MESOTHELIOMA IS AN AGGRESSIVE CANCER DEVELOPING IN THE LINING OF THE LUNGS AND OCCASIONALLY ABDOMEN

MESOTHELIOMA IS AN AGGRESSIVE CANCER DEVELOPING IN THE LINING OF THE LUNGS AND OCCASIONALLY ABDOMEN.

In the majority of patients, most of whom are over 60 years of age, symptoms like shortness of breath and chest pain can mimic other ailments.  And since mesothelioma can take 15 to 50 years to develop, it can be a challenge to diagnose.  Specialists with more experience can be more adept at catching the disease.

Pleural mesothelioma affects the lung’s lining in the chest and represents the majority of mesothelioma incidence.  Peritoneal mesothelioma, affecting the abdominal cavity, and pericardial mesothelioma, affecting the cardiac cavity are less common.

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