Life Expectancy in Pleural and Peritoneal Mesothelioma

Published in Lung Cancer International, 2017

Recommended citation: R Shavelle, K Vavra-Musser, et al. (2017). "Life Expectancy in Pleural and Peritoneal Mesothelioma." Lung Cancer International. https://downloads.hindawi.com/archive/2017/2782590.pdf

Data on 10,258 pleural and 1,229 peritoneal patients from the SEER US national cancer database, 1973–2011, were analyzed using the Cox proportional hazards regression model. The major factors related to survival were age, sex, stage, grade, histology, and treatment. Survival improved only modestly over the study period: 0.5% per year for pleural and 2% for peritoneal.

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Recommended citation: R Shavelle, K Vavra-Musser, et al. (2017). “Life Expectancy in Pleural and Peritoneal Mesothelioma.” Lung Cancer International.