May 8, 2019
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Extra-pleural pneumonectomy.
In referral centres and selected patients, EPP is a cytoreductive or radical surgical treatment in extended pleural malignancies. Prospective studies are needed to standardise the timing of the procedure in a multimodality treatment program, according to the oncological and functional indications, to keep an acceptable complications rate and post-operative quality of life status.May 7, 2019
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Synthetic secoisolariciresinol diglucoside (LGM2605) inhibits Libby amphibole fiber-induced acute inflammation in mice.
SUMMARY: Following acute exposure to Libby Amphibole (LA) asbestos-like fibers, synthetic secoisolariciresinol diglucoside (LGM2605), a small synthetic molecule, significantly reduced the LA-induced increase in spleen weight and peritoneal inflammation in C57BL/6 male and female mice. Our findings highlight that LGM2605 has immunomodulatory properties and may, thus, likely be a chemopreventive agent for LA-induced diseases.May 6, 2019
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NK and T cell subsets in malignant mesothelioma patients: baseline pattern and changes in the context of anti-CTLA-4 therapy.
Together, our observations suggest that NK cells infiltrate MM and that they can recognize and kill mesothelioma cells. The disease is associated with distinct lymphocytes patterns, some of which correlate with prognosis or are affected by treatment with tremelimumab.May 3, 2019
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Management of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma in the Elderly Population.
CONCLUSIONS: The majority of elderly MPM patients in the US are observed, which was associated with poorer OS than chemotherapy and/or surgery. Although highly selected surgery/chemotherapy patients were associated with the longest OS, given the high biases in database studies and high perioperative mortality rates, careful patient selection for combined modality approaches in this population is imperative.May 2, 2019
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Chemotherapy Versus Supportive Care for Unresected Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.
CONCLUSIONS: Chemotherapy may benefit metastatic epithelioid and non-metastatic non-epithelioid MPM to a greater degree than metastatic non-epithelioid disease. Causation, however, is not implied, and careful patient selection in this population cannot be understated.May 1, 2019
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What is Mesothelioma?
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Risk of mesothelioma after cessation of asbestos exposure: a systematic review and meta-regression.
98). CONCLUSIONS: This analysis provides evidence that the risk of mesothelioma does not decrease after cessation of asbestos exposure, while lung cancer risk does.April 30, 2019
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A phase 2, open-label study of brentuximab vedotin in patients with CD30-expressing solid tumors.
Conclusion The safety profile of BV in patients with solid tumors was similar to the known safety profile of BV. In solid tumors, BV had modest activity as a single agent, which was similar to other second-line treatments already available to patients.April 29, 2019
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Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration mediastinal lymph node staging in malignant pleural mesothelioma.
There were no EBUS-TBNA related complications. CONCLUSIONS: EBUS-TBNA mediastinal LN staging may impact significantly management of patients with MPM by detecting mediastinal metastatic disease, therefore, preventing morbidity and mortality of surgical management.April 26, 2019
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Extra-pleural pneumonectomy in the era of image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy.
Other major toxicities included: Grade 2 and 3 pneumonitis in 1 and 2 cases, respectively, 1 case of bronchial fistula, pleural empyema, and Grade 3 esophagitis, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Although executed in the era of high-technology radiotherapy (IG-IMRT), EPP should not be routinely performed.April 25, 2019
Chemotherapy, Epithelioid, Extrapleural Pneumonectomy (EPP), Full Archive, Pleural, Radiotherapy, Surgery
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