You were told you have mesothelioma, but what if they were wrong?
Approximately 14% of mesothelioma diagnoses may be wrong, according to a 2019 study published in American Cancer Society.
Another study shows that up to 20% of mesothelioma cell types may be wrong when reviewed after surgery.
That's almost 1 in 5.
So, how can you be sure if you really have mesothelioma and you're not getting treated for the wrong disease?
In fact, some recent studies show that even children with pneumonia are being misdiagnosed with mesothelioma.
But let’s go back to our 14% of getting it wrong…
That means that about one in seven patients got the wrong diagnosis.
Are you one of those seven?
If you are…
You could be getting chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery for a cancer you don't have.
But why does this happen?
Mesothelioma is rare.
Most hospitals see maybe a handful of cases a year. Some see none.
So when your test results land on a pathologist's desk, there's a chance they've never actually seen mesothelioma before.
And under a microscope, mesothelioma can look almost identical to some other cancers. Lung cancer. Ovarian cancer that spread. Or even lymphoma.
Without the right tests, it's easy to mix them up.
You do NOT want this mistake happening to you.
So how do you know if your diagnosis was done correctly?
If you don't know the answers, you're flying blind.
You need to get the right tests at the right place.
That's why we put together two free resources for you.
First, a guide called "Understanding How Mesothelioma Is Diagnosed."
It walks you through every step of the diagnostic process. What tests should be done. What each test means. And how doctors combine the results to reach a true diagnosis so you can move forward with confidence.
Second, a simple checklist with 18 questions to ask your medical team. Each question tells you what the answer should be. And what to do if something is missing. You can use this checklist to better understand your diagnosis and to ask your doctor questions about what was actually done.
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It's the summer of 1997.
Paul sat frozen in the doctor's office.
He was diagnosed with stage 4 mesothelioma.
His doctors gave him just a few short months to live.
They said that chemo, radiation and surgery wouldn't cure him.
So he was forced to take a different approach.
And 27 years later, he became the longest living mesothelioma survivor in the world.
But the best part?
He wrote everything down and put it in his book called "Surviving Mesothelioma".
It's like an "instruction manual" for his survival.
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“I have a copy of this book, I am now 6 years since diagnosis of malignant pleural Mesothelioma and I feel perfectly normal.”
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Accuracy of Diagnostic Biopsy for the Histological Subtype of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
https://doi.org/10.1097/JTO.0b013e31820ce2c7
New Insights on Diagnostic Reproducibility of Biphasic Mesotheliomas: A Multi-Institutional Evaluation by the International Mesothelioma Panel From the MESOPATH Reference Center
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtho.2018.04.023
The Over Diagnosis of Diffuse Mesothelioma: An Analysis of 311 Cases With Recommendations for the Avoidance of Pitfalls
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2023.152248
Comparison of Nuclear Grade, Necrosis, and Histologic Subtype Between Biopsy and Resection in Pleural Malignant Mesothelioma: An International Multi-Institutional Analysis
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Accuracy of Pleural Biopsy Using Thoracoscopy for the Diagnosis of Histologic Subtype in Patients With Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
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