Mesothelioma surgery improves quality of life, study finds

Thursday, June 9, 2016 - 12:11 in Health & Medicine

Many mesothelioma patients avoid surgery for fear it will degrade their quality of life. But a study has found just the opposite: Patients who underwent an operation called pleurectomy and decortication (PD) generally reported their quality of life improved after surgery.

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