The chance of survive of people who have Mesothelioma is nearly zero, maybe that’s what you hear or know, when we speak about Mesothelioma. Yes, Mesothelioma cancer is one of very hazardous type of cancer. It attack our lungs and make it not functioned normally. However, that quote isn’t absolutely true. Nowadays, there’re many kinds of treatment that can increase the chance of survive from Mesothelioma and in some case, you can be freed from this cancer.
Surgery maybe is one of Mesothelioma cancer. There’re two kinds of surgery for Mesothelioma cancer, which are pleurectomy/decortications and extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP). But, in many cases, only surgery won’t give you high chance of success. You also need to do chemotherapy and irradiation to increase its success result.
There’s also some substitute treatment for Mesothelioma cancer. It’s called Immunoaugmentative Therapy (IAT) or it’s known as Immunotherapy. This treatment force the cell that attacked by Mesothelioma cancer to increase its immune system ability for destroying Mesothelioma tumor cell. However, this treatment has high risk to failure. It’s because, most of Mesothelioma cancer cell can adapt with immune system that our body use. Therefore, it’s not preferable choice. So, it’s up to you to select which treatment that you want to use. More importantly, consult with physician to find which the best.
