What do We Need to Know About Pleural Mesothelioma?
Thoracic surgeon, Dr. Jacques Fontaine provides an overview of pleural mesothelioma and where it forms.
[MUSIC PLAYING] Mesothelioma is a cancer that arises from exposure to asbestos. And asbestos are little fibers. And these fibers are inhaled, and they go through our nose and our windpipe and go into the lung. And then they go to the periphery of the lung. And then on the periphery of the lung, the lining of the lung called the pleura, they can start causing inflammation. And over many years-- and I'm talking about 25 to 30 years-- that inflammation very, very rarely can turn into a cancer. And that cancer is called mesothelioma. Mesothelioma occurs most often in the lining around the lung called the pleura. And that's what pleural mesothelioma is. [MUSIC PLAYING]
