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Biphasic Mesothelioma
A combination of epitheloid and sarcomatoid mesothelioma, it is one of the three main types of malignant mesoetheliomas. Biphasic mesothelioma constitutes 20-35% of all mesothelioma cases. This kind can assume both positive and negative characteristics of the other two.
See Mary Hesdorffer, a nurse practitioner and medical liaison for the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation, speak about the 3 types of mesothelioma and the corresponding affected regions of the body.
