Genomic Instability and Pro-Tumoral Inflammation are associated with Primary Resistance to Anti-PD1 + Anti-Angiogenesis in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

Cancer Discovery 2023 January 20 [Link] Francois-Xavier Danlos, Matthieu Texier, Bastien Job, Severine Mouraud, Lydie Cassard, Capucine Baldini, Andrea Varga, Andrey A Yurchenko, Audrey Rabeau, Stephane Champiat, Diane Letourneur, Delphine Bredel, Sandrine Susini, Yuna Blum, Aurelien Parpaleix, Cedric Parlavecchio, Lambros Tselikas, Jean-Eudes Fahrner, Anne-Gaelle Goubet, Mathieu Rouanne, Saloomeh Rafie, Alae Abbassi, Ines Kasraoui, Marie Breckler,…

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Cryobiopsy during flex-rigid pleuroscopy: an emerging alternative biopsy method in malignant pleural mesothelioma. A comparative study of pathology.

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2019 March 18 [Link] Nakai T, Matsumoto Y, Sasada S, Tanaka M, Tsuchida T, Ohe Y, Motoi N Abstract BACKGROUND: Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is rarely an asbestos-related cancer with a poor prognosis that is difficult to distinguish from some benign conditions by using conventional biopsy techniques. The purpose of…

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Flex-rigid pleuroscopic biopsy with the SB knife Jr is a novel technique for diagnosis of malignant or benign fibrothorax

Journal of Thoracic Disease 2016 November [Link] Wang XB, Yin Y, Miao Y, Eberhardt R, Hou G, Herth FJ, Kang J Abstract Diagnosing pleural effusion is challenging, especially in patients with malignant or benign fibrothorax, which is difficult to sample using standard flexible forceps (SFF) via flex-rigid pleuroscopy. An adequate sample is crucial for the…

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