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A case of attempted transbronchial spigot insertion for fistulous pyothorax in the residual pleural airspace after pleurectomy/decortication for malignant pleural mesothelioma
Respirology Case Reports 2024 January 24 [Link] Ryo Miyata, Shoichiro Morizono, Tadashi Umehara, Aya Harada-Takeda, Go Kamimura, Masaya Aoki, Toshiyuki Nagata, Kazuhiro Ueda Abstract Pleurectomy/decortication for malignant pleural mesothelioma is a relatively recent surgical approach for which there is a dearth of information on complications, especially in the late postoperative period. A 70-year-old man was…
Read MoreImmunotherapy of mesothelioma: the evolving change of a long-standing therapeutic dream
Frontiers in Immunology 2024 January 8 [Link] Luana Calabrò, Giuseppe Bronte, Federica Grosso, Luigi Cerbone, Angelo Delmonte, Fabio Nicolini, Massimiliano Mazza, Anna Maria Di Giacomo, Alessia Covre, Maria Fortunata Lofiego, Lucio Crinò, Michele Maio Abstract Pleural mesothelioma (PM) is an aggressive and rare disease, characterized by a very poor prognosis. For almost two decades, the…
Read MoreImpact of guideline therapy on survival of patients with stage I-III epithelioid mesothelioma
Journal of Thoracic Disease 2023 December 30 [Link] Douglas Z Liou, Yoyo Wang, Prasha Bhandari, Joseph B Shrager, Natalie S Lui, Leah M Backhus, Mark F Berry Abstract Background: Modern treatment guidelines recommend multimodal therapy with at least chemotherapy and surgery for patients with potentially resectable epithelioid mesothelioma. This study evaluated guideline compliance for patients…
Read MoreExtended pleurectomy/decortication and hyperthermic intraoperative intrapleural cisplatin perfusion for malignant pleural mesothelioma
JTCVS Open 2023 September 14 [Link] Kenichi Okubo, Hironori Ishibashi, Ryo Wakejima, Shunichi Baba, Ayaka Asakawa, Hiroshi Seshima Abstract Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of multimodality treatment including extended pleurectomy/decortication (P/D) and hyperthermic intraoperative chemotherapy (HIOC) with cisplatin for malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), we investigated the pharmacokinetics of platinum, adverse events after HIOC, and survival…
Read MoreComparison of Immunohistochemistry, Next-generation Sequencing and Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization for Detection of MTAP Loss in Pleural Mesothelioma
Modern Pathology 2024 January 5 [Link] Christopher A Febres-Aldana, Jason C Chang, Achim A Jungbluth, Prasad S Adusumilli, Francis M Bodd, Denise Frosina, Jerica A Geronimo, Enmily Hernandez, Helen Irawan, Michael D Offin, Natasha Rekhtman, William D Travis, Chad Vanderbilt, Marjorie G Zauderer, Yanming Zhang, Marc Ladanyi, Soo-Ryum Yang, Jennifer L Sauter Abstract 9p21 deletions…
Read MoreExtensive Skeletal Muscle Metastases in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Detected by FDG PET/CT
World Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2023 December 4 [Link] Mustafa Yilmaz, Ozan Kandemir, Ediz Tutar Abstract Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare but aggressive tumor originating from pleural mesothelial cells. Distant skeletal muscle metastasis is rare in MPM. A 54-year-old woman was diagnosed with epithelioid MPM and treated with surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy 2…
Read MoreAntipodoplanin antibody enhances the antitumor effects of CTLA-4 blockade against malignant mesothelioma by natural killer cells
Cancer Science 2023 December 26 [Link] Hiroto Yoneda, Atsushi Mitsuhashi, Aito Yoshida, Hirokazu Ogino, Satoshi Itakura, Na Thi Nguyen, Hiroshi Nokihara, Seidai Sato, Tsutomu Shinohara, Masaki Hanibuchi, Shinji Abe, Mika K Kaneko, Yukinari Kato, Yasuhiko Nishioka Abstract Combination immunotherapy with multiple immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has been approved for various types of malignancies, including malignant…
Read MoreNiraparib plus Dostarlimab in Pleural Mesothelioma or Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer harboring HRR mutations: interim results of the UNITO-001 phase 2 prospective trial
Clinical Cancer Research 2023 December 18 [Link] Francesco Passiglia, Luisella Righi, Paolo Bironzo, Angela Listì, Giovanni Farinea, Enrica Capelletto, Silvia Novello, Alessandra Merlini, Giorgio V Scagliotti Abstract Introduction: Treatment of homologous recombination repair deficient (HRD)-tumours with PARP inhibitors has the potential to further increase tumour immunogenicity, suggesting a synergistic effect with immunotherapy. Here we present…
Read MoreClinical outcomes of stereotactic body radiation therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma
Radiotherapy and Oncology 2023 December 15 [Link] Jacob Y Shin, Michael Offin, Charles B Simone, Zhigang Zhang, Annemarie F Shepherd, Abraham J Wu, Narek Shaverdian, Daphna Y Gelblum, Daniel R Gomez, Jennifer L Sauter, Michelle S Ginsberg, Prasad S Adusumilli, Valerie W Rusch, Marjorie G Zauderer, Andreas Rimner Abstract Background: The objective of this study…
Read MoreDiagnostic value of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in ovarian malignant mesothelioma
BMC Medial Imaging 2023 December 14 [Link] Hai-Tao Wang, Ai-Jing Li, Ji-Yong Gao, Liang-Jiong Wang, Yu-Tao Wang, Wen-Ying Yu, Jian Zhang Abstract Objective: To investigate the diagnostic value of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in ovarian malignant mesothelioma (OMM). Methods: The clinical and imaging data of 10 pathologically-confirmed OMM patients were analyzed…
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