The role of surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma encompasses the need ... Some microscopic disease is always left behind owing to the irregular anatomy of the pleura and thoracic cavity.

Mesothelioma of the pleura was present in 4 ... The 3 no longer exposed to asbestos had left insulation work three, fifteen and fifteen years before. There was no evident correlation between ...

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

“Often, there is residual disease left behind,” Burt explains ... clinical trial aimed at patients with mesothelioma and other lung cancers with pleural metastasis. Veiseh shares that ...

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

On the left side, the esophagus and aorta are identified and ... Surgical staging and work-up of patients with diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 9:356-60, 1997.

You can see details of the main clinical trial on the UCL website. HIT-Meso aims to find out how well a new therapy, called Proton Beam Therapy, can be used to treat pleural mesothelioma patients.

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 ...