Explore clear information about mesothelioma types, causes, stages, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and the questions patients may discuss with a specialist care team.
General medical information — not individualized medical advice.
After a mesothelioma diagnosis, patients and families often want to know the disease stage. The stage describes how much cancer is present and how far it has spread at the time of evaluation
Stage 4 is the most advanced point on the staging scale used for pleural mesothelioma, describing disease that has spread beyond the chest cavity to distant parts of…
Stage 1 is the earliest and most contained stage in the formal staging system used for pleural mesothelioma. This guide explains what a Stage 1 diagnosis generally means,…
Stage 2 sits between the most contained presentation of pleural mesothelioma and more advanced local disease. A Stage 2 diagnosis can mean one of two slightly different things…
Stage 3 describes more advanced local disease in the formal staging system used for pleural mesothelioma, and is itself divided into two sub-stages, 3A and 3B. This guide…
Mesothelioma is classified in two different ways: by where in the body it develops, and by what the cancer cells look like under a microscope. These are not…
Malignant mesothelioma is a type of cancer that affects the mesothelial cells, which are the cells that line the body’s internal organs. It is usually caused by exposure…
A rare type of cancer called malignant Mesothelioma occurs in the thin layer of the cells lining in the body’s internal organs known as the mesothelium. Mesothelioma is…
What is Pleural Mesothelioma? Cancer is of many types, and Mesothelioma is one of them. The Mesothelium is the thin lining of tissue that covers the internal organs.…
The malignant Mesothelioma which occurs in the lining of the abdomen is called Peritoneal Mesothelioma. This is a very rare kind of cancer, unlike the common type of…
The mesothelium is a membrane that is composed of a single layer of flat cells. This layer of tissue is thin, and it helps in covering many of…
Every diagnosis is different. Our overview walks through types, stages and causes in plain language, and outlines the questions worth asking a specialist care team.
