間皮瘤

{{Infobox medical condition
| name = 間皮瘤
| synonyms = 惡性間皮瘤
| image = MesotheliomaCT.jpg
| caption = 電腦斷層影像顯示左側間皮瘤合併縱膈淋巴結腫大。
| specialty = 肿瘤学
| symptoms = 呼吸困难、腹部腫脹、胸壁疼痛、咳嗽、感覺疲憊、體重下降。最常患病的部位是胸膜或睪丸鞘膜。間皮瘤的症狀有因造成的呼吸困難、腹部腫脹、胸壁疼痛、咳嗽、疲倦，以及體重減輕。截至2013年，約有1.25億人曾在工作環境中接觸石棉。其他風險因子包含遗传以及被SV40病毒感染。間皮瘤的治療通常包括手術、放射線療法，及化學療法。化療一般會用順鉑及。在美國，患者的五年存活率平均而言為8%。

在2015年，約有60800人罹患間皮瘤，其中32000人因此死亡。世界各地的間皮瘤發生率依地區而不同，男性得到此病的比率比女性高。自1950年起，此病的發生率便呈現上昇的趨勢。被診斷出此病時病患大多年過65，且大多在七十歲左右死亡。在石棉的商業化應用問世以前，這個疾病非常罕見。

預防
香港於2008年修訂了《肺塵埃沉着病(補償)條例》（正名爲《肺塵埃沉着病及間皮瘤(補償)條例》），給予間皮瘤患者相當于塵肺病患者的補償待遇，理據是兩者同是暴露于石棉環境的後遺症。

參考資料
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