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Mesothelioma Prognosis: A Difficult Challenge to Face

The prognosis of mesothelioma and mesothelioma treatment options depend on tumor size, stage of disease, the surgical removal of the full potential of the tumor, the amount of fluid in the chest or abdomen, general health and age of the typical patient with mesothelioma cancer-specific and whether cancer cells are found nowhere else in the body. Mesothelioma prognosis is determined by physical examination and the results of a series of medical tests to evaluate a rare form of cancer from asbestos. After a mesothelioma prognosis definitively established, the treatment of cancer, a rare and aggressive starts. Early diagnosis and treatment are important in the search for mesothelioma prognosis.   Because mesothelioma is usually at an advanced stage of survival statistics, diagnosed 5 years 1-5 are generally unreliable. The two most common types of peritoneal mesothelioma (abdomen) and pleural mesothelioma (lung), pleural mesothelioma is the most common. Peritoneal mes...