Biphasic Mesothelioma

Biphasic/ Mixed Mesothelioma are now becoming the most major type of mesothelioma. About 46-63% cases of mesothelioma are now seen having biphasic type of tumor. This type of tumor is basically is the combination of epithelial mesothelioma and sarcomatoid mesothelioma. Furthermore, this tumor consists of two different types and also the tumor is present in different parts. Eventually this makes a lot easier to diagnose rather than the diagnosis of sarcomatoid and epithelial mesothelioma. It doesn’t have a distinctive cell structure because it is consists of two different cell types. To sum up briefly if a patient is diagnosed with the biphasic/mixed tumor, basically it is diagnosed by both tumors that are sarcomatoid and epithelial mesothelioma.

Treatment

The treatment options for the biphasic mesothelioma are the same as epithelial mesothelioma and sarcomatoid mesothelioma. The treatments can be used alone or can be in combination of different options of treatment.

Mesothelioma treatment can be divided into two wide categories. These comprise of traditional mesothelioma treatment and new mesothelioma treatments.

Traditional treatment includes radiation therapy, surgery and chemotherapy. In some cases all the three approaches are applied to the patient keeping in mind his/her condition and stage of cancer. This is done to achieve the very best results, to live a quality and a better life and to increase survival rate. These traditional treatments, I have already discussed in my previous post!

Now from my viewpoint the most interesting way of treatment something very new!!!!!!

The new ways of treatments include gene therapy, IMRT (Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy), immunotherapy, PDT (photodynamic therapy) and also advancements of new chemotherapy agents. The great thing which I consider about these treatments like immunotherapy, gene therapy and photodynamic therapy, gives us a lot hopes to live a very healthy life! These treatments are used in combination with the traditional ones but these are the major breakthrough in the field of medical science.