About 40 percent of patients with mesothelioma survive the first year
after diagnosis. That survival rate depends on many factors, including age,
cancer stage, cancer type, race and gender. Long-term survivors attribute their
success to treatment from a mesothelioma specialist, alternative medicine and
nutritional changes.
How
is survival rate measured?
Researchers describe the mesothelioma survival rate in several ways.
They usually talk about it in terms of one-year survival, the percentage of
people who survive for a year after diagnosis. Through their studies, they also
look at longer survival times, including the number of people who live two
years, three years and five years.
Average
mesothelioma survival rates
Mesothelioma claimed
nearly 30,000 American lives between 1999 and 2010. About 40 percent of U.S.
patients live to the one year mark. By the second year, about 20 percent of
patients are still alive. And by the third year, the number is 8 percent.
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