Mesothelomia

Yes, my father in law has peritoneal mesothelomia. The cancer is in the adominal lining. It is more rare than the plueral tx. He has survived longer than a year. He was diagnosised May or June of 2005. He had symptoms that I noticed since November of 2004. He began tx with a combination of Alimta and Cisplatin Chemo therapy in June or July of 2005. Then in November he went to Dr. Loggie for surgery to remove as much of the cancer as possible. Once they removed what they could they heated a chemo drug and administered it directly into the adominal cavitiy to kill more of the cancer. That surgery has greatly reduced if not eliminated the ascites (water in the stomach area). He continued with the 21 day cycle of the Alimta and Cisplatin chemo tx. He was just taken off the Cisplatin because he can no longer tolerate this chemo. They are continuing him on the Alimta. There are similiar tx's specifically for Plueral (lungs) Mesothelomia. You can look up Dr. Sugarbaker. There are two Dr. Sugarbaker's, they are brothers. One treats Perotineal and the other treats Plueral. There is less info. on the tx for Periocardial Mesothelomia. I hope this is helpful