Surgery
The treatment options of mesothelioma are surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. As with other forms of cancer, staging is important to clarify the therapeutic strategy.
THE CONTEXT
It's a little cancer or not surgery because it is a tumor that involves the whole pleura. The incision is then a large thoracotomy (open chest) posterolateral spending most often by the 6th intercostal space with extension possibility for total or partial resection of a rib.
TECHNIQUES
The pneumectomie-decortication
Only some cases may benefit from surgery by an experienced team of thoracic surgeons. Outside case is rarely an option Standard ..
The extended pleurectomy-decortication
It includes a pneumonectomy, a pleurectomy, pericardiectomy and resection of a hemidiaphragm. It may be supplemented by a photodynamic therapy to destroy any malignant cells persist.
It is an option for mesothelioma stage I, II and III, but N <2>
The treatment options of mesothelioma are surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. As with other forms of cancer, staging is important to clarify the therapeutic strategy.
THE CONTEXT
It's a little cancer or not surgery because it is a tumor that involves the whole pleura. The incision is then a large thoracotomy (open chest) posterolateral spending most often by the 6th intercostal space with extension possibility for total or partial resection of a rib.
TECHNIQUES
The pneumectomie-decortication
Only some cases may benefit from surgery by an experienced team of thoracic surgeons. Outside case is rarely an option Standard ..
The extended pleurectomy-decortication
It includes a pneumonectomy, a pleurectomy, pericardiectomy and resection of a hemidiaphragm. It may be supplemented by a photodynamic therapy to destroy any malignant cells persist.
It is an option for mesothelioma stage I, II and III, but N <2>
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