Care QUALITY OF LIFE OF Mesothelioma Patients

Mesothelioma is an abnormality of cells that have proliferation in the lungs. Lung cancer (carcinoma bronkhogenik) arising in the respiratory tract epithelium. The cause of lung cancer is most often smoked. Heavy smokers have a chance of about 10 times more likely to have Mesothelioma than non-smokers, an estimated 90% of Mesothelioma arising as a result of using tobacco (cigarettes). Tobacco smoke contains over 4,000 chemical compounds, which have been proven as a substance that causes cancer or carcinogenic (Asih, 2004).