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A case of malignant pleural mesothelioma with unexpectedly long survival without active treatment
1Tuberculosis and Chest Unit, Grantham Hospital, 125 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong, PRC.
Respiration; International Review of Thoracic Diseases
|April 19, 2002
Abstract:
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a disease with a very dismal prognosis. A median survival of 6-18 months is expected in most patients. Rarely, patients may survive unexpectedly long. We present the case of a patient with MPM who survived for more than 10 years without active treatment after the disease had been diagnosed.