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Mesothelioma Prognosis & Life Expectancy Information

Mesothelioma is an aggressive disease and is usually not detected until it has reached it’s advanced stages. Because of this, the prognosis a patient receives is usually not favorable. The average survival rate after a diagnosis of mesothelioma is only a year or two. However, treatments are getting better every day and the average survival rate is improving.


Ways To Improve your Mesothelioma Prognosis

A patient’s prognosis depends on several factors, these include:

• The patient's age
• The location of the tumors
• The stage of the cancer
• The cellular subtype that is infected
• and the overall health of the patient.

These factors will also determine the treatment options that are available to the patient.

Ways To Improve Life Expectancy & Take Control Of Your Mesothelioma Prognosis

While the age and the stage of this cancer cannot be changed, there are other ways that a patient’s prognosis can be improved upon. A very important factor is to live a healthy lifestyle. This will help the body to be able to defend itself because when the immune system is healthy, it can handle cancer treatments a lot better and can fight off any infections that could make the road to recovery more difficult.

From the last 10 years of research, more treatment options are available to mesothelioma patients than ever before. The most curative treatment available is surgery WITH radiation. Patients who undergo this treatment beat their prognosis by an average of two years.

Another crucial factor that sometimes does not get the full attention it deserves is determining and choosing a mesothelioma specialist. Specialists are specifically trained for a specific condition. Therefore hiring a general oncologist simply should not be an option.

Getting a second opinion is also an option within a patient’s control. Sometimes doctors have different ideas for treating mesothelioma. One doctor might offer a different treatment plan if they think the benefits outweigh the cost. It is always better to be aware of all of your options and only mesothelioma specialists will have the knowledge to give patients the treatment that will be most beneficial to them.

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