Mesotheliom stage

The knowledge of the Mesotheliom stage is a factor, with the help of whose your physician can set up a treatment plan. The most exactly fixed and most extensively used system is mentioned the TNM international Staging system, also international Staging system of the Mesotheliom Interessensgruppe, for vague malignant pleurale Mesotheliome. This system considers primary Tumore (T), lymph nodes (N) and Metastasen (M). There is no established Staging system for peritoneale Mesotheliome. Peritoneale Mesotheliome can be classified in accordance with the general TNM system for cancer or due to the mass of the existing tumor (i.e. small mass, medium sized mass etc.). Because the TNM system goes much into the depth and from laymen to be interpreted difficult is, a simplified version is described in the following. Stage I is the earliest stage; Stage IV is the most advanced stage.
Stage I

The Mesotheliom struck and can the right or left Pleura also lung, Perikard or zwerchfell on the same side have struck. The lymph nodes are not concerned
Stage II

The Mesotheliom spread from the Pleura on a side on those the lung which was obvious lymph node on the same side. It can have struck also lung, Perikard or zwerchfell on the same side.
Stage III

The Mesotheliom struck chest wall, muscle, ribs, heart, Oesophagus or other organs on the same side, lain in the thorax, with or without infestation of the lymph nodes, which are on the same side as the primary tumor.
Stage IV

The Mesotheliom struck the lymph nodes which were in the thorax on the opposite side of the primary tumor, or on Pleura or lung on the opposite side spread or directly in organs of the abdominal cavity or the neck. All far distant Metastasen is contained in this stage.