After Mesothelioma tumors have formed, the microscopic cells that make up the tumor can spread throughout the body. When new cancerous cells form in a patient's body, they are called to be metastatic.
After Mesothelioma tumors have formed, the microscopic cells making up the tumor spread throughout the body. If the new cells that develop are of a mesothelial type, they are metastatic.
Metastasis usually corresponds with how Mesothelioma cancer has developed.
90% of Mesothelioma patients reported shortness of breath as their first symptom.