Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM), a rare and deadly malignancy, has many different histologic subtypes, including epithelioid, biphasic, and sarcomatoid. The median life expectancy is dismal, only 24 months even in the early stages of the sickness, and it progressively drops as the illness worsens. Data from the United States show that the incidence has been steady in male patients since 1994 and has not changed in female patients for decades, suggesting that this malignancy may have other origins. A long term asbestos exposure is thought to contribute to the condition known as 1 MPM.
