The role of surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma encompasses the need for rapid diagnosis, preoperative staging and surgical resection, and also the need for a greater biological ...

IN 1960 Wagner, Sleggs and Marchand 1 reported 33 cases of diffuse pleural mesothelioma from the North Western Cape Province of South Africa. The collection of such a large number of cases of a ...

Hedy Lee Kindler, MD, shares new mesothelioma guidelines that have been released by the American Society of Clinical Oncology ...

Biliary Tract Cancer (BTC): KEYTRUDA may be combined with chemotherapy medicines to treat BTC, a cancer that affects the bile ducts or gallbladder. This treatment is for adults when the cancer has ...

The pleura in the chest cavity is the most common place for mesothelioma to form. Pleural mesothelioma is often caused by exposure to a mineral called asbestos, which has been used in insulation ...

After being used since the 1940s in various industries, asbestos is now linked to severe health risks, including asbestosis, ...

Fig 1. Selected recommendations regarding surgery, pathology, and germline testing for pleural mesothelioma. C, conditional; H, high; IHC, immunohistochemistry; M ...

New York: The McGraw-Hill Company, 2009. Sugarbaker DJ, Norberto JJ, Swanson SJ. Surgical staging and work-up of patients with diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.

Purpose The etiology, diagnosis, staging, and management of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) are reviewed, with an emphasis on clinical trials of newer approaches to first-line, second-line ...