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The mesothelioma is a cancer of the cells mesothelial and is most serious of all the asbestos-related disease. These cells cover the external surface of the majority of our internal bodies of body, forming a lining called the mesothelium. The disease affects usually the thin membrane (the plèvre) this of the lines the cavity of trunk and the lungs. It can also affect the lining of the abdominal cavity, called the peritoneum, and, very seldom, it affects the lining around the heart, called the pericardium.

The mesothelioma is rare, but rarer, a cancer it is difficult to diagnose that and does not answer the therapy well. The majority of the cases of mesothelioma malignant are caused by exposure to asbestos. The people exposed to asbestos or exposed for a long time at the high levels have a greater risk to develop the malignant mesothelioma but even the people exposed for a very short-term can to develop this disease.

The disease develops at least 15 years (in general 20 to 40 years) after exposure to asbestos. People are usually diagnosed with the mesothelioma between the ages from 50 to 70. More men than of the women obtain this cancer, probably because the men are to have worked in industries which employ asbestos.