Prevention centers around reducing exposure to asbestos.[8] Treatment often includes surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. A procedure known as pleurodesis, which involves using substances such as talc to scar together the pleura, may be used to prevent more fluid from building up around the lungs.[9] Chemotherapy often includes the medications cisplatin and pemetrexed.[6] The percentage of people that survive five years following diagnosis is on average 8% in the United States.[10]
In 2013 about 50,000 people had mesothelioma and 34,000 died from the disease.[11][12] Rates of mesothelioma vary in different areas of the world. Rates are higher in Australia, the United Kingdom, and lower in Japan.[3] It occurs in about 3,000 people per year in the United States.[13] It occurs more often in males than females. Rates of disease have increased since the 1950s. Diagnosis typically occurs after the age of 65 and most deaths occur around 70 years old. The disease was rare before the commercial use of asbestos.[3]
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