title: Life Expectancy in Pleural and Peritoneal Mesothelioma.
abstract: Background. Mesothelioma is a rare cancer with a historically dire prognosis. We sought to calculate life expectancies for patients with pleural or peritoneal mesothelioma, both at time of diagnosis and several years later, and to examine whether survival has improved in recent years.Methods. 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.Results. 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.Conclusions. Life expectancies were markedly reduced from normal, even amongst 5-year survivors with the most favorable characteristics and treatment options.
authors.affiliation: Life Expectancy Project, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-5601-0759
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shavelle
authors.affiliation: Life Expectancy Project, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vavra-Musser
authors.affiliation: Life Expectancy Project, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Life Expectancy Project, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Jordan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brooks