Very few mesothelioma patients have survived beyond the average forecast of a year from the time of diagnosis. There are only a small percentage of mesothelioma patients who have survived beyond the average forecast of a year to enter into remission, a stage in which the body is cancer free. However, this does not entail any permanency as patients can have instances of the cancer recurring even after years of remission.
Some attorneys have reported that while most of their mesothelioma clients eventually pass away, there are a few who have survived and are in remission. The common factor that is shared by those in remission is their immune systems. All have healthier, more active immune systems than those who either do not survive or fail to go into remission. Treatments, including clinical studies in immunology, have helped boost mesothelioma patients immune systems and it would seem also increases the likelihood of remission.
An instance of an increased survival rate was seen in that of Paul Kraus, an Australian mesothelioma survivor who was diagnosed with peritoneal mesothelioma back in 1997. After he was diagnosed, Kraus began changing his diet and consumed vitamins and supplements as a part of his daily routine. Though Krauss survival is the most known in the mesothelioma medical community, his was not the only.The other case of mesothelioma survival was that of a man who was diagnosed 14 years ago at the age of 58. The man had a chest wall resection after his diagnosis and had no symptoms of recurrence since the time of his surgery. Physicians believe that in both of these survival cases, a strong immune system to fight infections was a key factor in cancers remission.
A change in nutrition and efforts to boost an immune system can help in the increase of a mesothelioma patients survival.
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