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Mesothelioma Treatments
Outlines the mesothelioma treatments available and hopes for the future:

   What are the options?

   Chemotherapy

   Chemotherapy: Single Agent

   Chemotherapy: Combination

   Alimta (pemetrexed disodium)

   Onconase

   Gene Therapy

   Immunotherapy

   Radiation Therapy

   Brachytherapy

   Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy

   Photodynamic Therapy

   Mesothelioma Surgery

   Surgery for Pleural Mesothelioma

   Surgery for Peritoneal Mesothelioma

   Intracavitary Chemotherapy

   Pain Management

   Mesothelioma Clinical Trials

   Alternative Medicine

   Mesothelioma Treatment Facilities

Mesothelioma Treatments

Surgery for Peritoneal Mesothelioma

Surgery for peritoneal mesothelioma (involving the abdominal cavity and possibly the liver, spleen and bowel) is usually about reducing the symptons such as pain rather than taking out tumors.

During the operation palliative procedures can be undertaken such as intraoperative, intraperitoneal heated chemotherapy which allows stronger drugs to be administered while limiting damage to healthy cells.

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