Although reported incidence rates have increased in the past 20 years, mesothelioma is still a relatively rare cancer. About 2,000 new cases of mesothelioma are diagnosed in the United States each year. Mesothelioma occurs more often in men than in women and risk increases with age, but this disease can appear in either men or women at any age.
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Mesothelioma
CT scan of a patient with
mesothelioma, coronal
section (the section
follows the plane the
divides the body in a
front and a back half).
The mesothelioma is
indicated by yellow
arrows, the central
pleural effusion
(fluid collection) is
marked with a yellow
star. Red numbers:
(1) right lung,
(2) spine,
(3) left lung,
(4) ribs,
(5) Aorta descending part ,
(6) spleen,
(7) left kidney,
(8) right kidney,
(9) liver.
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