Mesothelioma is a very aggressive cancer that affects the lining of the vital organs of the body. As of now the only known cause for the same has been discovered to be long and sustained exposure to asbestos whose naturally occurring fibers enter the body and penetrate the lining or the mesothelium.  Due to its inherently complex nature there will be a lot of medical processes and different types of treatment that the patient will have to undergo. Different doctors will be required for different forms of medical procedure. The list is bound to get a little convoluted so here is a list of the different kinds of doctors that are required.

Firstly there is the general practitioner. He will be taking care of the daily requirements and your little ailments like the flu or a sprain. He will be the first person that the you will need to talk to about your symptoms and after listening to your entire medical history and also that of asbestos exposure, if he thinks that it might be cancer he will refer you to the next one in line who will be an oncologist or a doctor who specializes in cancer. He will instruct the patient to do tests like CT Scans, MRIs or X-rays, will test lung functionality or even suggest a biopsy. If the tests show positive for cancer then the patient will be referred to a surgeon providing the cancer is in an operable state. Otherwise he will suggest chemotherapy, radiation or some other alternative cure. The oncologist is the person who will detail out the entire procedures that follow a diagnosis of mesothelioma.

Then comes the radiologist who will carry out the X-rays, MRIs and/or the CT scans. If the oncologist suggest that the patient needs radiology then the radiologist will administer that.

This is followed by the pulmonary therapist. This means a lung specialist who will observe how mesothelioma has affected your respiratory organs. Since lung mesothelioma is the most common form of mesothelioma therefore  the patients find it very difficult to breathe with the gradual metastasizing of the cancer. Then it is the job of the pulmonary therapist to give treatment and different ways to make breathing easier.