The prognosis for mesothelioma is dependent on a number of factors such as how advanced the stage of cancer is, where the cancer originated, the patient’s medical history etc. Patients diagnosed with mesothelioma are told that they can expect to live for another 10 to 12 months as the stage is very advanced by the time mesothelioma is detected in most cases. However cancer treatment centers often have better statistics than this. The conventional options for treating mesothelioma are surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Sometimes two or all three of these options are combined for best possible results.
Thorascopy allows a doctor to examine the pleural cavity and to perform as many biopsies as he can to ensure the stage and rate of growth of the malignance. In this process, the fluids clogging the cavities can also be cleared so as to give the patient some kind of temporal relief. Via this method, the tumours can be tested as well and all basic information regarding the kind of mesothelioma can be gathered.
An alternative to thorascopy is video assisted thoracic surgery. In this case the cuts are not as lengthy as in the first case. Smaller incisions are made and the same process can be performed with the help of camera which gives a larger picture of what the state of the interior is like. Some doctors also use the method of mediastinoscopy or laproscopy. Incases where images suggest that tumours are a rather intrinsic involvement in a case of mesothelioma, either of these two procedures can be adopted.
Then there options for treating mesothelioma that are palliative by nature. In this case, the disease itself is not aggressively treated as that is believed by some experts to worsen the situation. The first of this kind is chest tube drainage. Since fluid congestion is a common symptom of mesothelioma, this process helps to empty this unwanted fluid with the help of a catheter and empty the cavity of the patient. There is also the option of pleurectomy which is an option when surgery is a complete no no. in this case only the tumours ar removed and the patient is left to recuperate on his own thereafter.
The last of these unconventional treatment options include potentially curative methods. These procedures help to cure in particular without engaging in any severe form of surgery. Along with a combination of therapies, counseling sessions are provided which helps the individual the develop a greater self esteem and fight for the longest days that he can as mesothelioma being detected in its stage that it usually is detected in honestly leaves very little options to avail of by the medical experts. The state of health of patients usually at the time of diagnosis disables the pursuing of any particular surgical treatment as the body is not fit to battle the severe doses of chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
Speak to a medical expert to know more about these available measures as which will suit you best only they can tell.
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The ONLY treatment I've ever seen work (and work often!) is the Immuno Augmentive Therapy (IAT) Clinic in Freeport Grand Bahamas. They are run by British and Bahamian medical doctors, and are in my opinion by far the best alternative cancer treatment center in the world.
For some reason, their treatment (small injections you take several times a day containing immune system proteins) works especially well with mesothelioma, and they are well known for treating it, and often get referrels from Stateside and British MD.s.
Visit their website at either…
It would cause an avenue tor the cancer to spread to other areas of the body. This is a highly lethal disease. Less than 10% survive 5 years.
I would like to try and help you if I can.
Are you sure that the doctor said that it was mesothelioma? and he did not say that he was doing the biopsy to check for mesothelioma?
Or have you definitely had the biopsy results and they have confirmed mesothelioma?
As pleural effusion can be caused by other conditions as well as mesothelioma.
You must be feeling very afraid and confused – you may email me with more details if you like.
Kind regards,
Ann.
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Dear Raviela I am NOT a doctor, but I do know cancer, all types including Mesothelioma, and i will be honest where most doctors will not be….
Based on what you are telling me here, it is time to call in Hospice since the chemotherapy is not doing anything and this cancer is spreading… There is nothing that can be done and Celebrex in NOT for lung cancer especially Mesothelioma… Also, the radiogrequency ablation will NOT help your husband since his cancer is SO VERY FAR ADVANCED…..
The way to help him now is to call in Hospice, stop all treatments, let Hospice keep him as pain-free and comfortable as possible… It is almost inhumane to keep hoping for a cure when for this type and stage of his cancer, there is NO CURE….
You did not mention here anything about where he use to work, did he work or live in an environment where asbestos was prominent etc…. I would also contact a good attorney who will handle a Mesothelioma law suit for you if you husband worked around asbestos etc…. Asbestos is the MAJOR cause of Mesothelioma in patients with this type of lung cancer….
You can refer to this blog which show you a articles and videos of Mesothelioma and Texas Mesothelioma Lawyers
http://the-cancer-mesothelioma.blogspot.com/2009/05/blog-post.html
Mesothelioma article:
http://the-cancer-mesothelioma.blogspot.com/
Texas Mesothelioma
http://the-cancer-mesothelioma.blogspot.com/2009/05/texas-mesothelioma-lawyer-asbestos.html
Good luck on finding anything that even comes close to working . . if there were alternatives that worked than everyone would be using them . . since no one ever comes forward to provide documented scientific proof that alternatives did any good at all (notice they just want you to always 'believe and take it on their word . .or worse the 'evidence is fabricated' . . why would you bother. But if you truly insist than at least check with legitimate places that are actually trying to 'prove' one way or the other if these treatments are worth the time and effort.
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Med
http://nccam.nih.gov/
Memorial Sloan Kettering: Integrative Med
http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/1979.cfm
MD Anderson Cancer Center: Complementary/Integrative Medicine Education Resources
http://www.mdanderson.org/education-and-research/resources-for-professionals/clinical-tools-and-resources/cimer/index.html
Always ask for documented scientific evidence for any type of treatment . . if someone is unwilling to provide it than be very suspicious.
Try the links in http://www.hot8sites.com/lawyer/mesothelioma-lawyers-helping-the-mesothelioma-v.html
I understand where you are coming from. You just want the facts not someone to try to make you feel better (as if that is possible at this point). Although I deal with cancer everyday I really don’t know the answer to your question and honestly his oncologist would know the answer specifically to your grandfather better than anyone. However, I am on my way to a tumor board now and will ask one of the oncologist when I’m there and edit my answer when I return.
EDIT: According to one of my oncologists most often death is due to heart failure.
Now for the rest of your question., there is a small chance the new chemo may help pull him out of this for awhile, but it is more likely this is the beginning of the end. You will know when he loses weight, sleeps more, tires easily, coloring changes, gets confused and he doesn’t want to eat or drink much.
You may want to look into hospice so that when you and your family are ready, you have a plan. They help the entire family not just the patient and they are wonderful people. I am very sorry you and your grandfather have to go through this. May God bless both of you.