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What Can Mesothelioma Patients do to Improve Their Survival Rate?

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Dr. Jacques Fontaine

Thoracic surgeon, Dr. Jacques Fontaine discusses what patients can do to increase their mesothelioma survival rate.

[MUSIC PLAYING] People come and ask me, what can I do. I was just diagnosed with mesothelioma. What can I do to improve my chances? I tell them three things. One is exercise every day. Get up and walk. The more you walk the better, it is for you both physically, also mentally. Second thing, high protein foods, that's the best diet you can do. You want to-- proteins are the building blocks of your muscles and of your body, and you want to have the best nutrition to be able to handle the treatments. And the third thing, even more important than nutrition and exercise, is attitude. If you have a positive attitude, then there's a chance that you can beat this cancer. But if you go and start this fight already losing, you'll never make it. That's why a positive attitude goes a long way, much more than any nutritional supplement, much more than anything else, a positive attitude. And that comes from within, and that comes from the people around you. [MUSIC PLAYING]