Mesothelioma is a relatively new type of cancer, very serious and potentially fatal, like most types of cancer. One thing that makes a serious disease like mesothelioma is usually not found until the late stages of cancer, the survival rate is low. That's because the symptoms are usually not until the late stages.
By this time the patient will not have much longer to live. Studies show most patients who are diagnosed with mesothelioma have a year or less to live. Along with being difficult and delayed diagnosis, mesothelioma is also quite rare and we are still learning more about the disease.
However, some studies show that one in ten patients with mesothelioma live up to three years after diagnosis and one in twenty people living five years after diagnosis.
The studies are conducted daily and new clinical trials are helping to increase the survival rate of patients with mesothelioma. Survival rates vary depending on where the study is done, and that is conducting the study. In general, studies are very close in comparison.
Survival rates are based on several factors. Some of these factors, tumor size, stage the patient is, if the tumor can be completely removed with surgery, the amount of fluid in the chest and abdomen and the time it took to diagnose cancer.
Some other interesting facts about mesothelioma survival rates are that the average age of patients who are diagnosed with mesothelioma is sixty-one years of age and eighty-one percent were male.
As I said, many studies are performed daily to find new ways to prolong survival in mesothelioma. Many studies have shown to do just that. Studies show that chemotherapy increases the survival rate of patients with mesothelioma. Thus, although this is a recent and rare type of cancer every day to learn more about them.
With our learning so we are having more treatment options and lead to an overall survival rate higher.
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