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==General== | ==General== | ||
*Incidence | |||
**Rare tumor accounting for 4-7 cases per million individuals. | |||
**More common in men in 5th and 6th decades of life. | |||
*Poor prognosis<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Haber | first1 = SE. | last2 = Haber | first2 = JM. | title = Malignant mesothelioma: a clinical study of 238 cases. | journal = Ind Health | volume = 49 | issue = 2 | pages = 166-72 | month = | year = 2011 | doi = | PMID = 21173534 }}</ref> - median survival <12 months.<ref name=pmid23413596>{{Cite journal | last1 = Mineo | first1 = TC. | last2 = Ambrogi | first2 = V. | title = Malignant pleural mesothelioma: factors influencing the prognosis. | journal = Oncology (Williston Park) | volume = 26 | issue = 12 | pages = 1164-75 | month = Dec | year = 2012 | doi = | PMID = 23413596 }}</ref> | *Poor prognosis<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Haber | first1 = SE. | last2 = Haber | first2 = JM. | title = Malignant mesothelioma: a clinical study of 238 cases. | journal = Ind Health | volume = 49 | issue = 2 | pages = 166-72 | month = | year = 2011 | doi = | PMID = 21173534 }}</ref> - median survival <12 months.<ref name=pmid23413596>{{Cite journal | last1 = Mineo | first1 = TC. | last2 = Ambrogi | first2 = V. | title = Malignant pleural mesothelioma: factors influencing the prognosis. | journal = Oncology (Williston Park) | volume = 26 | issue = 12 | pages = 1164-75 | month = Dec | year = 2012 | doi = | PMID = 23413596 }}</ref> | ||