mesothelioma
type of cancer that develops from the mesothelium
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Summary
mesothelioma is a class of disease[1]. mesothelioma ranks in the top 0.15% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,181 views/month, #3 of 1,968).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: asbestos-related disease[3], cell type cancer[4], notifiable disease[5]
- Commons category: Mesothelioma[6]
- ICPC 2 ID: R84[7]
- Symptoms and signs: wheeze[8], dyspnea[9], chest pain[10], pleural effusion[11], weight loss[12], dry cough[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mesothelioma[14]
- Commons gallery: Mesothelioma[15]
- Described by source: The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)[16]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C7865[17], C27926[18], C4456[19], C8420[20], C3234[21]
- Health specialty: oncology[22], pulmonology[23]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_1790[24], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:1790[25], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0100001[26]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[27]
Why It Matters
mesothelioma has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] mesothelioma is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]