Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma is a rare and aggressive cancer that develops in the lining around the abdominal organs. Doctors usually treat it with surgery and chemotherapy. Peritoneal ...

Malignant mesothelioma is a cancer that most often forms in the thin layers of tissue that line your lungs, chest, or abdomen. In rare cases, it starts in the membranes that surround the heart or ...

The second most common site of mesothelioma is the peritoneum, the tissue that lines the abdomen. Repeatedly inhaling ...

Many veterans have mesothelioma, a cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. Creating a national mesothelioma registry would ensure accurate diagnoses.

Mesothelioma isn’t lung cancer. Instead, it’s a rarer form of cancer in the linings of organs in the chest and abdomen. Most people who get mesothelioma were exposed to asbestos at their jobs ...

This treatment is for people with mesothelioma of the abdomen that has spread to the abdominal lining (peritoneum). Cancer that has spread here is called peritoneal carcinomatosis, or peritoneal ...

During a scheduled surgery to remove what appeared to be a benign tumor, doctors uncovered peritoneal mesothelioma, an aggressive and rare form of cancer affecting the abdominal lining.

Mesothelioma can also form in other tissues, such as the lining of your abdomen or heart. NSCLC is the most common type of lung cancer. While inhaling asbestos can also cause NSCLC, for most ...

Mesothelioma is an aggressive cancer that forms in the lining of the lungs or abdomen and is linked to breathing in or ingesting dangerous asbestos fibres. Experts have said the breakthrough gives new ...

Peritoneal mesothelioma is a disease in which cancerous cells form in the peritoneum, which is the lining of the abdomen. Mesothelioma can also occur in the chest and scrotum. Many other health ...