Surgery
Salvage pleurectomy/decortication following immunotherapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma
Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 2023 November 15 [Link] Masaru Takenaka, Koji Kuroda, Katsuma Yoshimatsu, Masataka Mori, Masatoshi Kanayama, Akihiro Taira, Taiji Kuwata, Fumihiro Tanaka Abstract Salvage surgery following immunotherapy is a promising treatment option for advanced malignant tumour. However, only a few cases of salvage surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) have been reported.…
Read MoreA deep learning-based model (DeepMPM) to help predict survival in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma
Translational Cancer Research 2023 October 31 [Link] Wei Li, Minghang Zhang, Siyu Cai, Siqi Li, Biao Yang, Shijie Zhou, Yuanming Pan, Shaofa Xu Abstract Background: Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare disease with limited treatment and poor prognosis, and a precise and reliable means to predicting MPM remains lacking for clinical use. Methods: In…
Read MoreMalignant Mesothelioma of the Testes with Retroperitoneal Recurrence and Resection in an 80-Year-Old Male and Review of the Literature
Case Reports in Oncology 2023 August 22 [Link] W C Ian Janes, Sohaib Al-Asaaed, Paul H Johnston Abstract Malignant mesothelioma of the testes is an aggressive, yet rare urogenital malignancy, accounting for an infinitesimally small number of oncologic diagnoses. This infrequent occurrence is accompanied by a relative lack of knowledge surrounding this disease, thus limiting…
Read MorePerioperative discordance in mesothelioma cell type after pleurectomy/decortication-a possible detrimental effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy due to epithelial to mesenchymal transition?
Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery 2023 November 2 [Link] Luigi Ventura, Michelle Lee, Ralitsa Baranowski, Joanne Hargrave, Michael Sheaff, David Waller Abstract Objectives: The goal was to evaluate the accuracy of preoperative histological assessment and the factors affecting the accuracy and the subsequent effect on postoperative survival after surgical treatment for malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). Methods:…
Read MoreBrain Metastases With Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma: Never Reported Before
Cureus 2023 August 19 [Link] Darshan Lal, Merissa Misiura, Waqas Adeel, Rizwan Tariq Abstract Malignant mesothelioma is a very rare diagnosis. Malignant mesotheliomas arise from surface linings of pleura, peritoneal cavity, or tunica vaginalis and pericardium with pleural malignant mesotheliomas being the most common. The incidence of brain metastases has been very low with malignant…
Read MoreStrategies to reduce morbidity following pleurectomy and decortication for malignant pleural mesothelioma
Thoracic Cancer 2023 September [Link] Patrick Bou-Samra, Austin Chang, Kevin Zhang, Feredun Azari, Gregory Kennedy, Emily Guo, Wei-Ting Hwang, Sunil Singhal Abstract Background: Pleurectomy and decortication (PD) in malignant pleural mesothelioma has a high morbidity mostly associated with aspiration pneumonia (PNA), deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and foreign catheter sepsis. We instituted four strategies to reduce…
Read MoreHyperthermic intrathoracic extracorporeal chemotherapy for secondary malignant pleural disease
Journal of Surgical Oncology 2023 September [Link] Daniel L Miller, Christopher S Parks, Brittany Ange, Ioana R Bonta, Patricia T Rich Abstract Objectives: Pleural metastasis has extremely poor prognosis. Resection of pleural implants with infusion of intrathoracic hyperthermic chemotherapy may offer a survival advantage in selected patients. We evaluated the safety and efficacy of hyperthermic…
Read More2022 PSOGI Consensus on HIPEC Regimens for Peritoneal Malignancies: Diffuse Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma
Annals of Surgical Oncology 2023 July 23 [Link] Vahan Kepenekian, Olivia Sgarbura, Frederic Marchal, Laurent Villeneuve, Shigeki Kusamura, Marcello Deraco Abstract Background: Diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma (DMPM) is a rare and aggressive primary peritoneal disease, with recommended treatment, in eligible patients, of a combination of complete cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC). As…
Read MoreCisplatin exhibits superiority over MMC as a perfusion agent in a peritoneal mesothelioma patient specific organoid HIPEC platform
Scientific Reports 2023 July 19 [Link] Steven D Forsythe, Richard A Erali, Nicholas Edenhoffer, William Meeker, Nadeem Wajih, Cecilia R Schaaf, Preston Laney, Cristian D Vanezuela, Wencheng Li, Edward A Levine, Shay Soker, Konstantinos I Votanopoulos Abstract Peritoneal mesothelioma (PM) is a rare malignancy with poor prognosis, representing about 10-15% of all mesothelioma cases. Herein…
Read MoreGene fusions during the early evolution of mesothelioma correlate with impaired DNA repair and Hippo pathways
Genes, Chromosomes, & Cancer 2023 July 8 [Link] Maymun Jama, Min Zhang, Charlotte Poile, Apostolos Nakas, Annabel Sharkey, Joanna Dzialo, Alan Dawson, Kudazyi Kutywayo, Dean A Fennell, Edward J Hollox Abstract Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), a rare cancer a long latency period (up to 40 years) between asbestos exposure and disease presentation. The mechanisms coupling…
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