peritoneal mesothelioma

• malignant peritoneal mesothelioma – It is the second most common form of asbestos-related cancer.
• It is otherwise termed as peritoneal cancer stage 4.
• It develops in the lining of the abdomen called peritoneum.

• peritoneal mesothelioma symptoms - Most common symptoms of peritoneal mesothelioma are abdominal swelling and pain due to ascites.
• peritoneal tumor that affect the abdominal cavity often do not cause symptoms until they are at a late stage.

peritoneal cancer survival rate

• Less than 500 people are diagnosed with peritoneal mesothelioma each year.
• Around 20 to 25 percent of all mesothelioma cases include peritoneal mesothelioma.
• For this cancer, mesothelioma treatments include debulking surgery, chemotherapy and radiation

• Cytoreductive surgery with Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) is a new promising treatment for peritoneal mesothelioma.

• Abdominal Pain
• Loss of Appetite
• Blood Clots
• Fatigue
• Fluid Buildup (Ascites)
• Bowel Problems

• Nausea
• Abdominal Swelling
• Fever or Sweating
• Tissue Lumps in the Abdomen
• Anemia
• Seizures

• Ingestion of asbestos fibers.
• Sharp fibers lodge into the lining of the abdomen (peritoneum) and irritates the peritoneum.
• This causes genetic damage to cells.
• It finally results in formation of a malignant tumor that’s secondary peritoneal cancer.
• This process happens in a decade of time.

• It occurs in the abdominal lining called peritoneum,
• Other mesothelioma occurs in linings of the lungs or heart.

symptoms of peritoneal cancer :

• peritoneal mesothelioma symptoms often develop in the abdomen and/or gastrointestinal system
• Other mesothelioma symptoms develop in chest/lungs.

peritoneal cancer prognosis :

• effective treatment for peritoneal mesothelioma is cytoreductive surgery along with Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC).
• Treatment for other mesothelioma includes radiation and/or surgery.

primary peritoneal cancer life expectancy :

• Peritoneal mesothelioma patients have a better prognosis survival rate of around 5 years.
• Other mesothelioma patients have very less survival rates.

• The latest advances in medical technology allow doctors to diagnose easily.
• yet even experienced cancer doctors can struggle to diagnose it accurately.
• In fact, the process can take months.
• Since peritoneal metastasis cancer is related to abdomen it is usually mistaken as the below diseases:
• Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
• Hernia
• Other abdominal cancers, especially ovarian cancer

Surgery –

1. known as debulking or cytoreduction,
2. the primary goal is to remove most of the tumor(s).

Chemotherapy –

1. A systemic drug treatment to kills fast-growing cells.
2. It reacts well on mesothelioma cancer cells.

Radiation –

1. A blast of targeted radiation to reduce the size of cancer tumors.

• This chemotherapy uses a heated chemotherapy “wash” that rinses out the abdominal cavity to kill any cancer cells left after cytoreductive surgery.
• It is considered as more effective than the multimodal treatment.

• The chemotherapy drugs used in HIPEC treatments are stronger than that used for systemic treatment.
• As per analysis, peritoneal mesothelioma patients receiving HIPEC treatment survived for 3.4 years.