Mesothelioma Life Expectancy by Stage at Diagnosis
Friday, January 5th, 2007By the time most people who develop mesothelioma actually have the condition diagnosed, the prognosis is usually pretty bad. The average life expectancy for mesothelioma patients at the time of diagnosis is about one year. Several factors can influence that though. One of the major ones is the stage to which the mesothelioma has advanced.
Here are the stages of malignant pleural mesothelioma as defined in the TNM system (more…)