Nine-year survival in a case of untreated peritoneal mesothelioma.
A patient with malignant mesothelioma of the peritoneum, which has been untreated except for regular paracentesis for effusions, has remained alive and generally-well for nine years. The poor prognosis that usually is ascribed to this disease may not be applicable universally.
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Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands, WA.
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D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009852:Omentum / Q000473:pathology; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011379:Prognosis