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The dreaded disease of Mesothelioma does not manifest itself in many cases before the cancer has already spread. After getting exposed to asbestos this disease manifests itself after about twenty five to fifty years. Only about an estimated fifteen percent of the cases having mesothelioma are found in the early stages before the spread of the disease to other parts of the body. When the lymph nodes are not affected by the cancer and this is found during surgery, the survival rate within five years from the time of the diagnosis is just fifty percent. But mostly this is a silent disease and it is not detected by the present medical tests scenarios before its spread to other parts of the body. Taking into consideration all the stages of mesothelioma, only fourteen percent survive the five year survival range. These symptoms generally are not found early until it has spread, but in a few cases it does get detected early. Mostly the disease is diagnosed by accident through tests when a patient has come to be treated for some other illness. If the treatment is started early when the symptoms get detected in the early stage there are chances for the cancer to go into remission and cure, but that is rarely. But, if proper treatment is given then life could have some more years and also there could be some relief from the symptoms due to the treatment. More on this can be found on the website www.mesothelioma.us .