MESOTHELIOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mesothelioma mean? 

• MESOTHELIOMA (noun)
  The noun MESOTHELIOMA has 1 sense:

1. a form of carcinoma of the mesothelium lining lungs or abdomen or heart; usually associated with exposure to asbestos dust

  Familiarity information: MESOTHELIOMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MESOTHELIOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A form of carcinoma of the mesothelium lining lungs or abdomen or heart; usually associated with exposure to asbestos dust

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("mesothelioma" is a kind of...):

carcinoma (any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer)

 Context examples 

An aggressive malignant mesothelioma that arises from the peritoneum.

(Peritoneal Malignant Mesothelioma, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples of neoplastic disorders include adenomatoid tumor, primary peritoneal carcinoma, metastatic carcinoma to the peritoneum, and malignant mesothelioma.

(Peritoneal Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

A regimen consisting of gemcitabine and carboplatin used to treat advanced-stage non-small cell lung cancer, malignant mesothelioma and ovarian cancer.

(Gemcitabine-Carboplatin Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

This type of surgery is used most often to treat malignant mesothelioma.

(Extrapleural pneumonectomy, NCI Dictionary)

A regimen consisting of doxorubicin and cisplatin used for the treatment of malignant mesothelioma; also used with or without surgical resection for the treatment of childhood hepatoblastoma.

(Doxorubicin-Cisplatin Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

Excessive inhalation of its dust can cause pulmonary fibrosis or silicatosis and prolonged exposure to erionite causes mesothelioma in humans.

(Erionite, NCI Thesaurus)

Mesothelin is a cell surface glycoprotein involved in cell adhesion and is overexpressed in many epithelial-derived cancers, including pancreatic, ovarian and lung cancers, and malignant mesotheliomas.

(Live-Attenuated Listeria Encoding Human Mesothelin Vaccine CRS-207, NCI Thesaurus)

A higher-than-normal amount of mesothelin is found on some cancer cells, including mesothelioma, pancreatic cancer, and ovarian cancer.

(Mesothelin, NCI Dictionary)

Malignant mesothelioma is often found when it is advanced.

(Mesothelioma, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

A regimen consisting of pemetrexed and cisplatin used for the treatment of malignant mesothelioma.

(Pemetrexed-Cisplatin Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)