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Mesothelioma is a malignant neoplasm. It occurs in people that came in contact with asbestos. The lungs and abdomen may be attacked by this disease. No other vital organs are included into the roll of possible damaged. Today no obtainable treatment for mesothelioma invented. There are however some mesothelioma treatment variants: chemotherapeutics, radiation treatment and surgery. All the people that asked for a help, as it found out, have been working with asbestos for over 20 years. It could occur on the jobs where grains of asbestos, for example in building where cement products are employed. Very often the patients feel the pain in the chest that is produced by liquid in the lungs. Such symptoms are common for the malignant form of mesothelioma lung cancer. The loss of weight, blood coagulation and deglutition difficulties may appear as a consequence of such type of mesothelioma as peritoneal. Not benign mesothelioma is impartially hard to diagnose as it has symptoms that compared with some of other illnesses. At first the doctor that is executing the examination should carefully study the case report of the patient. If comprises the exposure to asbestos, there are more chances to find out the mesothelioma. This patient should be materially examined by an oncologist. The oncological inspection should be performed by means of X-ray scrutiny, but ultimately the patient will be diagnosed only after the biopsy. But the modern way of resolving this problem was invented recently. It comprises testing Mesomark assay which checks the levels of proteins developed by the cells damaged by cancer. It can detect much earlier that already existed methods. All the diseases are not so difficult to treat on its initial stage. Such form of malignant neoplasm as mesothelioma is very complicated. Most of systems proposed in state hospitals can extend the life of person on average just for one year. Even surgery, when it is utilized among with other cures is not very efficient, moreover it can often cause a lot of negative outcomes. The main disadvantage of surgery is that mesothelioma cannot be fully removed, because it will produce the death of the patient. Another method used to treat malign mesothelioma is radiation therapy. It commonly combined with radical surgery and provided at the same time with chemotherapeutics. Such combination of actions brings more chances to survive and continue struggle with disease. But utilizing without other treatment options radiation method wouldn't give the positive circumstances. Moreover it can be quite dangerous. To deal with the malignant neoplasm that hasn't been partially extracted by physician it is necessary to use the lethal dose of radiation. Chemotherapeutics is the course of preparations taken by person during definite period, it inhibits the growing of malignant tumor. Such chemical substances have a lot of different dangerous side effects that influence on the healthy cells. That's why among with them the usage of pills that can treat the healthy cells is necessary. The pemetrex and cisplasin combination is considered to be very beneficial and is utilized in chemotherapy. Even modern technologies and perfect knowledge are not able to fully cure some pleural mesothelioma, unfortunately.