In the few cases that have occurred, symptoms of the disease have varied depending on the location of the tumor.
Diagnosis of papillary mesothelioma is dependent upon the detection and identification of the tumor and the cells causing it. An x-ray, MRI, or CT scan may detect the tumor, and blood tests and biopsy identify the type of cell causing the tumor.
Treatment
Since the disease is so rare, no uniform method of treating it has been established. To date, the tumors have most often been treated by surgery and chemotherapy. While papillary mesothelioma doesn't spread to other parts of the body as often as other types of malignant mesothelioma, it does seem to have a high incidence of recurrence. Therefore, more effective treatments to completely cure the disease are being explored.Papillary mesothelioma more often affects areas not typically affected by other forms of mesothelioma. These areas include ovaries in women and the tunica vaginalis (membrane covering the front and sides of the testicles and epididymis) in men. The disease may also affect the mesothelial lining of the heart, lungs, stomach and abdomen.
While WDPM is malignant, or cancerous, in a good portion of the few cases that have occurred, it did not rapidly spread to other areas of the body like other types of mesothelioma typically do. In other cases, the disease has spread.
Survival
The prognosis, or survival rate, for papillary mesothelioma is usually better than other forms of mesothelioma. However, patients may have to repeatedly return for more surgery and chemotherapy as tumors recu
Diagnosis of papillary mesothelioma is dependent upon the detection and identification of the tumor and the cells causing it. An x-ray, MRI, or CT scan may detect the tumor, and blood tests and biopsy identify the type of cell causing the tumor.
Treatment
Since the disease is so rare, no uniform method of treating it has been established. To date, the tumors have most often been treated by surgery and chemotherapy. While papillary mesothelioma doesn't spread to other parts of the body as often as other types of malignant mesothelioma, it does seem to have a high incidence of recurrence. Therefore, more effective treatments to completely cure the disease are being explored.Papillary mesothelioma more often affects areas not typically affected by other forms of mesothelioma. These areas include ovaries in women and the tunica vaginalis (membrane covering the front and sides of the testicles and epididymis) in men. The disease may also affect the mesothelial lining of the heart, lungs, stomach and abdomen.
While WDPM is malignant, or cancerous, in a good portion of the few cases that have occurred, it did not rapidly spread to other areas of the body like other types of mesothelioma typically do. In other cases, the disease has spread.
Survival
The prognosis, or survival rate, for papillary mesothelioma is usually better than other forms of mesothelioma. However, patients may have to repeatedly return for more surgery and chemotherapy as tumors recu
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