These imaging techniques enable physicians to assess mesothelioma. The tnm system a slightly advanced system over the butchart system determines staging through variables of tumor in mass and the spread the lymph node involvement and metastasis. The butchart system is based on the extent of the primary tumor mass available in a patient. In spite of such modern techniques a definitive diagnosis of mesothelioma still remains possible through fluid diagnosis and tissue biopsy. If the cancer is confined to the pleura mesothelioma is considered localized. According to the us national cancer institute malignant mesothelioma is a disease in which cancer malignant cells are found in the sac lining the chest the pleura the lining of the abdominal cavity the peritoneum or the lining around the heart the pericardium.
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