Approximately 2000 to 3000 new cases of mesothelioma are diagnosed each year in the United States. Once a patient receives a diagnosis of this cancer, his or her doctor will most likely forecast of the likely course and outcome of the disease with the patient.
Prognosis Factors that determine

Most times is created when a diagnosis of mesothelioma cancer has reached an advanced stage as usually a very long amount of time after contact with asbestos requires that before most of the victims early symptoms associated with the disease shows.
Besides this fact, even when the symptoms of this cancer eventually emerge, they often appear on the more general symptoms of diseases such as pneumonia, flu and other lung diseases. The fact that the long delay in appearance of symptoms is linked to the accurate diagnosis of mesothelioma is very difficult.
Thus as a result of these factors, the prognosis for the majority of poor patients, but many physicians recommend treatment options such as surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and help combat disease.

The factors that affect prognosis include:

A) the stage of cancer:
Medical progress is classified in the form of cancer stages. The stages range from stage to stage in four. Higher the stage, advanced cancer. Unfortunately, once stage three to stage four cancer has reached, treatment options are limited and less efficient. In stage four cancer, cancer has spread to other parts of the body and the tumor has spread deep into many different vital organs and tissues in the body eaten. Stage 4 is not suitable for surgery. In general, the higher stage of cancer worse the prognosis.

B) Histologic type of cancer:
The histology and basiscelstructuur refers to the type of cancer. Histologically, there are four types of mesothelioma: epithelial) a, B c)) Sarcomatoid Two Phases mixed) (D) (Desmoplastic variant of sarcomatoid). Epithelial mesothelioma has a better prognosis than other types and the sarcomatoid form has the worst prognosis.

C) Age and general condition of victims
Malignant mesothelioma is often diagnosed in people over the age of 55 years old, although exceptions could be. So few casualties chronic diseases associated with old age such as diabetes and hypertension developed, and this worsens their prognosis.

D) the size of the tumor

E) and the location of the tumor or the tumor is operable or () can be surgically removed

F) the size of other symptoms, including fluid in the lungs or abdomen.

G) whether the patient is a smoker.
When discussing the survival rate of any cancer, are often made references to the "survival rate of five years". The survival rate five years refers to the percentage of patients who received at least five years after diagnosis of their lives. According to the American Cancer Society, the survival of five years the relative survival rate for mesothelioma is of about 10%. The over the last five years increased from 9% reported at the end of 2002 improved. In general, the average length of survival of the last five years is 10.11 months after diagnosis was reported.

 

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