Mesothelioma Treatment by Photodynamic Therapy

Photodynamic therapy or fotodinamis therapy is one type of mesothelioma treatment is very promising future. This method combines three separate elements are nontoxic, photosensitizing compound, oxygen and visible light. Fotodinamis therapy targeting the cancerous mesothelioma cells. Usually given during or after surgery to remove the remaining parts of the tumor.

Unlike the case with chemotherapy and radiation, which tends to have a burning effect on the patient's body, Photodynamic Therapy provides a clear advantage that it does not kill healthy cells-non-cancerous cells. This means that the side effects of cancer treatment can be reduced and certainly mesotelioma mesothelioma prognosis will be better.

In America, Photodynamic Therapy has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, an agency of POM-like in Indonesia for several types of cancer, although its use to treat mesothelioma are still in experimental stages.

There are about 3000 new cases of mesothelioma cancer are diagnosed each year in the United States, and around the world, and already there are 20 000 people die from this disease every year. Almost all diagnosis of mesothelioma was associated with contact with asbestos, mineral materials that have entered into various commercial products that can be made fire resistant (fireproof). Although the use of asbestos peaked in the 1970s, mesothelioma has a very long latent period for diagnosis and therefore can not be diagnosed in just one year, or even decades after contact.