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 ...

Malignant mesothelioma is often misdiagnosed, mainly because it has the same symptoms as other conditions, for example, flu or pneumonia, in the case of pleural mesothelioma, which affects the lungs.

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.

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.

Novocure’s commercialized products are approved in certain countries for the treatment of adult patients with glioblastoma, non-small cell lung cancer, malignant pleural mesothelioma and pleural ...

and malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). Pegargiminase is well tolerated, both as a monotherapy and as part of a combination therapy. “Preclinical data revealed various biochemical mechanisms ...

Novocure’s commercialized products are approved in certain countries for the treatment of adult patients with glioblastoma, non-small cell lung cancer, malignant pleural mesothelioma and pleural ...

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 ...