What Is the Prognosis for Mesothelioma Patients?

The prognosis for mesothelioma patients is not as good as it is with some other cancers that you hear about, such as breast or prostate cancer in most cases, but it is not nearly as bad as is often portrayed. And so what I try to convey to patients is a lot of this is based on all comers. And many patients with mesothelioma present or come to attention and are diagnosed very late in the game. Especially in people who are diagnosed earlier, people with early-stage disease, and certain types and certain factors that contribute to that prognosis are very individual. And how any one person does is very specific to that person, not some large data set. So while it's a difficult and challenging disease, the prognosis is variable. And people need to stay positive in order to become those patients who live long term because we have those.