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Because each form of mesothelioma shares so many symptoms with many other sicknesses, it is often very difficult to diagnose and treat the cancer in its earliest stages. Once a physician determines that mesothelioma is present and malignant, a prognosis will be determined and a patient’s treatment options will be discussed. As mesothelioma progresses and becomes evident only in the later stages, the prognosis is more than often poor at best, with the victim’s life expectancy typically at less than five years. Depending on the severity of the later stage symptoms, the physician will recommend the best options and lay out a blueprint of sort for the best interest of both the patient and the family. The key to treatment and a positive mesothelioma prognosis is detecting the cancer in its early stages, as mesothelioma becomes more difficult to treat in the later stages. Mesothelioma is generally regarded in four stages of development, with stage one being the earliest and stage four being the most critical. The extent of the symptoms, the spread of the cancer, and the build-up of fluids also play a factor is diagnosis, as does the patient’s age and history of health.While statistics prove that the survival rate for mesothelioma victims is still very low, modern medicine and technology is making great advancements in treatment and giving hope that this deadly killer will someday be preventable.