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Category Archives: Pleurectomy/decortication

Pleurectomy/decortication and hyperthermic intrathoracic chemoperfusion using cisplatin and doxorubicin for malignant pleural mesothelioma.

Journal of Thoracic Disease 2019 May [Link] Klotz LV, Lindner M, Eichhorn ME, Grützner U, Koch I, Winter H, Kauke T, Duell T, Hatz RA Abstract BACKGROUND: Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is an aggressive malignancy with few long-term survivors. Despite the dismal prognosis, hyperthermic intrathoracic chemoperfusion (HITHOC) was shown to improve survival in a selective […]

July 24, 2019

Cisplatin (Platinol ®), Full Archive, Pemetrexed (Alimta), Pleural, Pleurectomy/decortication, Sarcomatoid
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First-ever Abscopal Effect after Palliative Radiotherapy and Immuno-gene Therapy for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.

Cureus 2019 February 20 [Link] Barsky AR, Cengel KA, Katz SI, Sterman DH, Simone CB Abstract Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a highly aggressive disease, with few, if any, curative interventions. While there is growing interest in using immunotherapy and immuno-gene therapy to treat MPM, very limited data currently exist for combining these modalities with […]

May 15, 2019

Chemotherapy, Cisplatin (Platinol ®), Epithelioid, Full Archive, Gene Therapy, Immune-based Therapies, Pemetrexed (Alimta), Pleural, Pleurectomy/decortication, pleurodesis, Radiotherapy
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Pathological evaluation of the visceral pleura in the radical pleurectomy/decortication for malignant pleural mesothelioma patients.

Journal of Thoracic Disease 2019 March [Link] Kobayashi M, Ishibashi H, Takasaki C, Imai S, Kirimura S, Okubo K Abstract BACKGROUND: Radical pleurectomy/decortication (P/D) is applied as a surgical treatment of resectable malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). Although P/D removed visceral pleura, dissection plain was not histologically explored previously. We examined a pathological evaluation of surgically […]

May 8, 2019

Biphasic or Mixed, Epithelioid, Full Archive, Pleural, Pleurectomy/decortication
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Management of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma in the Elderly Population.

Annals of Surgical Oncology 2019 April 22 [Link] Verma V, Wegner RE, Ludmir EB, Hasan S, Colonias A, Grover S, Friedberg JS, Simone CB 2nd Abstract BACKGROUND: The median age at diagnosis for malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is approximately 72 years. Elderly patients pose unique management challenges because of the increased risk of therapy-related toxicities and […]

May 2, 2019

Chemotherapy, Full Archive, Pleural, Pleurectomy/decortication, Surgery
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Tomotherapy in malignant mesothelioma: a planning study to establish dose constraints.

Strahlentherapie and Onkologie 2019 March 26 [Link] Leitzen C, Wilhelm-Buchstab T, Stumpf S, Heimann M, Koch D, Schmeel C, Simon B, Vornholt S, Garbe S, Röhner F2, Schoroth F, Schild HH, Schüller H, Müdder T Abstract PURPOSE: A planning study was performed for helical tomotherapy treatment. We evaluated the maximum achievable protection of organs at risk […]

April 10, 2019

Full Archive, Pleural, Pleurectomy/decortication, Tomotherapy
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Hyperthermic Intrathoracic Chemotherapy (HITHOC) for Pleural Malignancies-Experience from Indian Centers.

Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology 2019 February [Link] Patel MD, Damodaran D, Rangole A, Shaikh S, Shah K, Bagwade R, Bhatt A Abstract Hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy (HITHOC) has been used in addition to radical surgery for primary and secondary pleural malignancies to improve local control, prolong survival, and improve the quality of life. This study was […]

April 2, 2019

Cisplatin (Platinol ®), Extrapleural Pneumonectomy (EPP), Full Archive, Pleural, Pleurectomy/decortication, Surgery
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Prolonged post-recurrence survival following pleurectomy/decortication for malignant pleural mesothelioma.

Oncology Letters 2019 March [Link] Kai Y, Tsutani Y, Tsubokawa N, Ito M, Mimura T, Miyata Y, Okada M Abstract The present study analyzed surgical results in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) who underwent extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP) or pleurectomy/decortication (P/D). Data for 44 patients who achieved macroscopic complete resection following neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by […]

March 25, 2019

Chemotherapy, Extrapleural Pneumonectomy (EPP), Full Archive, Pleural, Pleurectomy/decortication
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Fluorodeoxyglucose versus Choline Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Response Evaluation in Two Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Patients Treated with Talc Pleurodesis and Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy.

Cureus 2018 November 28 [Link] Kitajima K, Nakamichi T, Hasegawa S, Kuribayashi K, Yamakado K Abstract Talc pleurodesis has been reported to increase fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake in the high attenuation areas of pleural thickening, making it difficult to distinguish between benign granulomatous inflammatory processes and malignancies, which may therefore interfere with the post-chemotherapy disease evaluation […]

February 21, 2019

Chemotherapy, CT or CAT scan, Full Archive, Pleural, Pleurectomy/decortication, pleurodesis
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MesoTRAP: a feasibility study that includes a pilot clinical trial comparing video-assisted thoracoscopic partial pleurectomy decortication with indwelling pleural catheter in patients with trapped lung due to malignant pleural mesothelioma designed to address recruitment and randomisation uncertainties and sample size requirements for a phase III trial.

BMJ Open Respiratory Research 2019 January 5 [Link] Matthews C, Freeman C, Sharples LD, Fox-Rushby J, Tod A, Maskell NA, Edwards JG, Coonar AS, Sivasothy P, Hughes V, Rahman NM, Waller DA, Rintoul RC Abstract INTRODUCTION: One of the most debilitating symptoms of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is dyspnoea caused by pleural effusion. MPM can […]

February 14, 2019

Full Archive, Pleural, Pleural Effusion, Pleurectomy/decortication
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Dosimetric Correlates of Pulmonary Toxicity in Patients with Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Receiving Radiation Therapy to the Intact Lungs.

Practical Radiation Oncology 2019 January 14 [Link] Thompson MR1, Dumane VA1, Lazarev SA1, Zia Y2, Rosenzweig KE3 INTRODUCTION: We aimed to determine dose-volume constraints that correlate with severe (grade ≥3) radiation pneumonitis (RP) in patients diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), treated using volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT). METHODS: Data from 40 patients with MPM who underwent pleurectomy decortication (P/D) and […]

January 28, 2019

Full Archive, Pleural, Pleurectomy/decortication, Radiation, volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT)
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