Mesothelioma cancer is a disease in which tumors / cancer grows in the mesothelium layer - layer of the internal body cavity (the inside). Giving a specific name of the type of mesothelioma depends on the network location where the cancer started to grow.
Comparison of cisplatin and carboplatin to Mesothelioma Chemotherapy
Pleural mesothelioma begin in the chest, the pleura surrounding the lungs (the outer layer of the lungs and internal chest wall). Percentage of pleural mesothelioma is about 70% of all mesothelioma cases. While peritoneal mesothelioma begin developing in the lining of the abdominal cavity.
Although sometimes referred to as "asbestos lung cancer / asbestos lung cancer, mesothelioma is not the same as lung cancer. Lung cancer occurs in the lung itself; while pleural mesothelioma cancer mesotelioma mainly occurs in the lining of the lung lungs. Cases of mesothelioma disease has been infecting many people in the world, as an example of the United States each year 3000 people affected by cancer. Cancer Malignant mesothelioma is indeed mostly occur in industrialized countries.
