Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Mesothelioma

Cancer in medical term is "malignant neoplasm" is a class of diseases in which a cell, or a group of cells display uncontrolled growth, and its one of the causes of human deaths. Its an environmental disease due to life style and environmental factors and due to genetics. When we say environmental its about how we handle our self, the lifestyle that we have, and abusing our body with junk foods and vices. When we say genetics its the environmental factors cause the abnormalities of the genetic cells. This disease is not easily be cured and depends on what type and stages. the most known or the common type of cancer is the breast, prostate, lung and colon cancer. and now we have this another type of cancer the
mesothelioma
is a rare type type of cancer that develop in the membrane that lines the lungs, called the "Mesothelium" The causes of this is exposure and once asbestos is inhaled, it can affect several of the body organs, including the lining of the lungs, stomach, heart and testicles. This cancer occurs about four times frequently in men than women. The symptoms includes shortness of breath, chest pain, and the general symptoms is the wight loss. The diagnoses of the mesothelioma maybe suspected with chest X-ray and confirmed through biopsy and microscopic examination.

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