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Simple benchmark for mesothelioma projection for Great Britain
Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2016 May 31 [Epub ahead of print] [Link] Martínez-Miranda MD, Nielsen B, Nielsen JP. Abstract BACKGROUND: It is of considerable interest to forecast the future burden of mesothelioma mortality. Data on deaths are available, whereas no measure of asbestos exposure is available. METHODS: We compare two Poisson models: a response-only model…
Read MoreRisk of second primary cancers after malignant mesothelioma and vice versa
Cancer Letters 2016 May 31 [Epub ahead of print] [Link] Chen T, Kharazmi E, Lou J, Zhang X, Sundquist K, Hemminki K. Abstract We aimed at investigating risk of specific second primary cancers (SPCs) after malignant mesothelioma (MM) and vice versa, which has not been reported. Among survivors of 3672 pleural MM and 895 peritoneal…
Read MoreGenome-based Mutational Analysis by Next Generation Sequencing in Patients with Malignant Pleural and Peritoneal Mesothelioma
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Read MoreTomotherapy improves local control and changes failure patterns in locally advanced malignant pleural mesothelioma
Practical Radiation Oncology 2015 August 1 [Epub ahead of print] [Link] Kishan AU, Cameron RB, Wang PC, Alexander S, Qi SX, Low DA, Kupelian PA, Steinberg ML, Lee JM, Selch MT, Lee P. Abstract Purpose The purpose of the study was to determine whether intensity modulated radiation therapy delivered via helical tomotherapy improves local control…
Read MoreComparison of genomic abnormality in malignant mesothelioma by the site of origin
Journal of Clinical Pathology. 2014 September 12 [Epub ahead of print] [Link] Takeda M, Kasai T, Enomoto Y, Takano M, Morita K, Nakai T, Iizuka N, Maruyama H, Ohbayashi C. Abstract Aims Malignant mesothelioma (MM) results from the accumulation of a number of acquired genetic events at the onset. In MM, the most frequent changes…
Read MoreConnective tissue growth factor and β-catenin constitute an autocrine loop for activation in rat sarcomatoid mesothelioma
The Journal of Pathology. 2014 May 19. [Epub ahead of print] [Link] Akatsuka S, Chew SH, Jiang L, Nagai H, Okazaki Y, Takahashi T, Toyokuni S, Ukai S, Wang S, Yamashita Y. Abstract Due to the formerly widespread use of asbestos, malignant mesothelioma (MM) is increasingly frequent worldwide. MM is classified into epithelioid (EM), sarcomatoid…
Read MoreCombined serum mesothelin and carcinoembryonic antigen measurement in the diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma
Molecular and Clinical Oncology. 2013 November.[Link] Fukuoka K, Kuribayashi K, Nakano T, Tabata C, Tamura K, Yamada S. Cancer Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501; Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Murakami Memorial Hospital, Asahi University,…
Read MoreIncidence and Survival of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma in Norway: A Population-Based Study of 1686 Cases
Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 2012 Dec;7(12):1858-61. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e318275b346. [Link] Helland A, Solberg S, Brustugun OT. Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital-The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway; Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; and Department of Thoracic Surgery, Oslo University Hospital-Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway. Abstract Background: Asbestos-related malignant pleural mesothelioma is one of the…
Read Moremesothelioma cell proliferation requires p38δ mitogen activated protein kinase and C/EBP-α
Lung Cancer. 2011 Jan 10. [Epub ahead of print] [Link] Zhong J, Lardinois D, Szilard J, Tamm M, Roth M. Pulmonary Cell Research, Department Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland. Abstract Pleural malignant mesothelioma is a rare but deadly tumour mainly induced by asbestos inhalation. Despite the ban of asbestos in 1990…
Read MoreThe pleura in health and disease
Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2010 Dec;31(6):649-73. Epub 2011 Jan 6.. [Link] Murali R, Park K, Leslie KO. Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York. Abstract A wide variety of local, regional, and systemic diseases may have pleural manifestations. The scope of this pathology encompasses a wide…
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