39 Year Old Woman Survives Radical Mesothelioma Surgery
A Minneapolis woman has “beat the odds” and claims that she is cured from mesothelioma cancer.
39 year old Heather Von St. James was diagnosed with mesothelioma almost 3 years ago and underwent a radical surgery to remove her left lung, the pericardial lining around her heart, half of her diaphragm, a rib, and several lymph nodes. According to her surgeon, Dr. David Sugarbaker of International Mesothelioma Program in Boston, Von St. James is “disease-free.”
“I am the poster child for hope after meso,” said Von St. James.
The survival rate associated with mesothelioma is about 1%, and most sufferers succumb to the disease in less than 2 years following their diagnosis.
