Is There More Than One Kind of Mesothelioma?
Explaining the three subtypes of mesothelioma: Epithelioid, Sarcomatoid, Biphasic
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There are three types of mesothelioma: epithelioid, sarcomatoid, and biphasic. Mary Hesdorffer, a nurse practitioner and Medical Liaison for the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation, gives an overview of how the different types can affect the lungs and abdomen.
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Video Transcript: Is There More Than One Kind of Mesothelioma?
There are three different subtypes of mesothelioma. One is called "epitheloid mesothelioma," which tends to be the more treatable and more responsive to chemotherapy. Another is called "sarcomatoid," and sarcomatoid disease tends to be more invasive. Patients with sarcomatoid mesothelioma tend to present to the doctor with pain. It invades more into the chest wall and to muscle and to bone at a much easier rate. And then there is something called "biphasic" or "mixed." And biphasic and mixed has a component of both the epitheloid and the sarcomatoid. It responds a little bit better than biphasic, but again is not as favorable as having the diagnosis of epitheloid mesothelioma.
