Mesothelioma - a growing medical problem with heterogeneous course

Mesothelioma is one of the most malignant neoplasms affecting the thin lining of the body's internal organs, known as the mesothelium. The incidence of mesothelioma in recent years has increased. It is assumed that the reason for this situation is the exposure in the past to natural mineral fibers (nickel, beryllium, silica dust), ionizing radiation, some organic compounds and SV40 virus but mostly to asbestos. The time from contact to the first symptoms is about 20-40 years. Probably the peak of morbidity is yet to come. Due to non-specific symptoms such as chest pain, shortness of breath, fluid in the pleural cavity, early detection is very difficult. Additionally, we can deal with mesothelioma which starting point is outside the pleural cavity. In such cases, diagnostics is even more difficult, because the only remaining symptom is pain. Therefore, it is important to pay attention to this growing problem

Mesothelioma - a growing medical problem with heterogeneous course

Chudzik Robert, Pawelec Sławomir, Matuszewski Piotr, Piróg Paweł, Rybojad Beata, Mendrek Sim Magdalena, Boguniecki Jakub, Rybojad Paweł. Mesothelioma - a growing medical problem with heterogeneous course. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2019;9(2):450-457. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2579762 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/6638 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/906024 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eissn 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2019; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 16.01.2019. Revised: 30.01.2019. Accepted: 28.02.2019. Mesothelioma - a growing medical problem with heterogeneous course Robert Chudzik1, Sławomir Pawelec2, Piotr Matuszewski2, Paweł Piróg2, Beata Rybojad3,4, Magdalena Mendrek-Sim5, Jakub Boguniecki1, Paweł Rybojad1,2 1. Chair and Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Lublin 2. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Holy Cross Cancer Centre in Kielce 3. Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Children’s University Hospital of Lublin 4. Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Lublin 5. II Department of Physiotherapy, Medical University of Lublin Abstract Mesothelioma is one of the most malignant neoplasms affecting the thin lining of the body's internal organs, known as the mesothelium. The incidence of mesothelioma in recent years has increased. It is assumed that the reason for this situation is the exposure in the past to natural mineral fibers (nickel, beryllium, silica dust), ionizing radiation, some organic compounds and SV40 virus but mostly to asbestos. The time from contact to the first symptoms is about 20-40 years. Probably the peak of morbidity is yet to come. Due to non-specific symptoms such as chest pain, shortness of breath, fluid in the pleural cavity, early detection is very difficult. Additionally, we can deal with mesothelioma which starting point is outside the pleural cavity. In such cases, diagnostics is even more difficult, because the only remaining symptom is pain. Therefore, it is important to pay attention to this growing problem