Mortality and Morbidity Rate of Mesothelioma

Global frequency of Mesothelioma: In the United States of America alone, approximately 2700 to 3200 cases are diagnosed/year and globally, the frequency is 0.9 cases/100,000 persons.Morbidity/Mortality: Middle or median survival rate for patients with malagnant mesotheliomas is eleven months.This is almost always fatal.The median survival based on the histologic type is 9.4 months for sarcomatous mesothelioma, 12.5 months for epithelial mesothelioma, and eleven months for mixed mesotheliomas. More than approximately 15% of patients have an habitually lazy course.Asbestosis and more importantly asbestos exposure is linked to at least 50% of patients developing malagnant mesotheliomas and approximately eight million people in United States of America had been exposed to asbestos in their workplace.Family members of these workers working in factories using asbestos are also exposed to asbestos in the worker's clothing.Combination of asbestos and tobacco exposure greatly increases the risk of developing pleural or pulmonary mesothelioma.http://www.sonipunjabi-mesotheliomasearchorg.blogspot.com/http://www.thevideosense.com/user/soni2006/