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[The Current Therapy of Asbestos-Associated Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma – An Expert Consensus Paper]
Pneumologie 2021 May 4 [Link] C Aigner, T Brüning, W E E Eberhardt, M Härter, H-P Kaelberlah, M Metzenmacher, R Shah, C Taube, M Thomas Abstract Asbestos-related mesotheliomas belong to the group of the most frequent occupational diseases in Germany, reaching about 1,000 new cases per year. The disease has a dismal prognosis because most…
Read MoreSarcomatoid Mesothelioma: A Clinicopathological and Immunohistochemical Study of 64 Cases
International Journal of Surgical Pathology 2021 May 3 [Link] Diana M Oramas, Michael Zaleski, Cesar A Moran Abstract Sixty-four cases of sarcomatoid pleural mesothelioma represent the basis of this study. The patients are 51 men and 13 women between the ages of 42 and 79 years, who presented with symptoms of chest pain, cough, and…
Read MoreMesothelin Expression in Human Tumors: A Tissue Microarray Study on 12,679 Tumors
Biomedicines 2021 April 7 [Link] Sören Weidemann, Pauline Gagelmann, Natalia Gorbokon, Maximilian Lennartz, Anne Menz, Andreas M Luebke, Martina Kluth, Claudia Hube-Magg, Niclas C Blessin, Christoph Fraune, Katharina Möller, Christian Bernreuther, Patrick Lebok, Till S Clauditz, Frank Jacobsen, Jakob R Izbicki, Kristina Jansen, Guido Sauter, Ria Uhlig, Waldemar Wilczak, Stefan Steurer, Sarah Minner, Eike Burandt,…
Read MoreComplete laparoscopic pelvic peritonectomy plus hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy
Techniques in Coloproctology 2020 October [Link] A Arjona-Sánchez, D Cortés-Guiral, M Duran-Martínez, P Villarejo-Campos, J M Sánchez-Hidalgo, A Casado-Adam, L Rodriguez-Ortiz, A Romero-Ruiz, B Rufian-Andujar, E Espinosa-Redondo, F Valenzuela-Molina, S Rufián-Peña, J Briceño-Delgado Abstract Background: The aim of our study was to present the technique for, and early results of complete laparoscopic pelvic peritonectomy (LPP)…
Read MoreUnusually favorable outcome of 6 consecutive patients with diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma treated with repeated doses of intraperitoneal paclitaxel. A case series
Surgical Oncology 2020 June [Link] Paul H Sugarbaker, O Anthony Stuart Abstract Background: Diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma (DMPM) is a disease in transition. Two decades ago this cancer had a median survival of 1 year. Recent reports in selected patients show a 5-year survival of 70% and median survival not reached at 10 years. Methods:…
Read MoreThree Decades of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: An Academic Center Experience
Clinical Lung Cancer 2021 March 27 [Link] Abdullah Nasser, Andrew Baird, Mathieu D Saint-Pierre, Kayvan Amjadi, Scott Laurie, Paul Wheatley-Price Abstract Background: Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) remains a challenging disease to manage. In the past few decades, extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP), pemetrexed-based chemotherapy, and indwelling pleural catheters were introduced to MPM care with variable levels of…
Read MoreA nontoxic dose of chrysotile can malignantly transform Met-5A cells, in which microRNA-28 has inhibitory effects
Journal of Applied Toxicology 2021 April 22 [Link] Fangfang Zhang, Xiuyuan Yuan, Hongjing Sun, Xianhong Yin, Yanan Gao, Min Zhang, Zhenyu Jia, Min Yu, Shibo Ying, Hailing Xia, Li Ju, Yun Xiao, He Tao, Jianlin Lou, Lijin Zhu Abstract Chrysotile, which is classified as a class I carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on…
Read More[BRIC-59 study: first results and considerations on the pathway on the access to health care for malignant pleural mesotheliomas]
Epidemiologia e Prevenzione Jan-Apr 2021 [Link] Elisabetta Chellini, Martina Donzellini, Sara Ricciardi, Lucia Kundisova, Lucia Giovannetti, Francesca Battisti, Martina Giusti, Barbara Dallarti, Carolina Mensi Abstract Objectives: to define the most frequent health pathways of cases affected by malignant pleural mesothelioma according to those suggested and evaluated by the most recent specific guidelines. Design: epidemiological descriptive…
Read MoreTranscriptomic alterations in malignant pleural mesothelioma cells in response to long‑term treatment with bullfrog sialic acid‑binding lectin
Molecular Medicine Reports 2021 June [Link] Takeo Tatsuta, Arisu Nakasato, Shigeki Sugawara, Masahiro Hosono Abstract Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a universally lethal type of cancer that is increasing in incidence worldwide; therefore, the development of new drugs for MPM is an urgent task. Bullfrog sialic acid‑binding lectin (cSBL) is a multifunctional protein that has…
Read MoreEffect of IL-15 addition on asbestos-induced suppression of human cytotoxic T lymphocyte induction
Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2021 [Link] Naoko Kumagai-Takei, Yasumitsu Nishimura, Hidenori Matsuzaki, Suni Lee, Kei Yoshitome, Tatsuo Ito, Takemi Otsuki Abstract Background: Asbestos fibers possess tumorigenicity and are thought to cause mesothelioma. We have previously reported that exposure to asbestos fibers causes a reduction in antitumor immunity. Asbestos exposure in the mixed lymphocyte reaction…
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