Mesothelioma - Diagnostics, Treatment and Basic Research 2022
DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.103686
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Surgical Management of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: From the Past to the Future

Abstract: Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is an aggressive malignancy with a poor prognosis, principally caused by a prior asbestos exposure. Up to the present, multimodality protocols including surgery with chemotherapy (CT) and/or radiotherapy (RT) represent the therapeutic gold standard for selected patients (epithelial and early-stage MPM). In this context, the aim of surgery is to accomplish the macroscopic complete resection (MCR). There are two main surgical options to obtain MCR—extrapleural pneumonectomy (… Show more

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