Prolonged Survival in Mesothelioma Patients Without Surgical Resection: A National Cancer Database Analysis

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2025 June 28 [Link] Peter L Zhan, Maureen E Canavan, Justin M Bader, Daniel J Boffa, Benjamin J Resio, Gavitt A Woodard Abstract Background: The Mesothelioma and Radical Surgery 2 (MARS 2) trial demonstrated no survival benefit from cytoreductive surgical resection over chemotherapy alone in resectable pleural mesothelioma. Using the…

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Clinical and Pathologic Phenotyping of mesotheliomas developing in carriers of Germline BAP1 Mutations

Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2025 June 27 [Link] Michele Carbone, Michael Minaai, Muaiad Kittaneh, Thomas Krausz, Markku M Miettinen, Qiang Pan Hammarström, Lennart Hammarström, Hassan Abolhassani, Ian Pagano, Ronghui Xu, Flavia Novelli, Giovanni Gaudino, Sandra Pastorino, Kavita Y Sarin, Robert T Ripley, Harvey I Pass, David S Schrump , Haining Yang Abstract Introduction: Mesothelioma is…

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PBK Expression Promotes the Aggressive Phenotypes of Mesothelioma

Cancer Science 2025 June 24 [Link] Kazumi Hori, Ichidai Tanaka, Tatsuhiro Sato, Mika Sato, Yuta Kodama, Hideyuki Itoigawa, Yuichi Abe, Taketo Kato, Ayumu Taguchi, Mitsuo Sato, Yoshitaka Sekido, Toyofumi Fengshi Chen-Yoshikawa, Makoto Ishii Abstract Mesothelioma is one of the most aggressive neoplasms worldwide that has a particularly poor prognosis. We have previously discovered that oxytocin…

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Identification of a novel prognostic gene signature in pleural mesothelioma: a study based on The Cancer Genome Atlas database and experimental validation

Translational Cancer Research 2025 May 30 [Link] Xinmeng Wang, Yongqin Yang, Wenzhong Yang, Xi Yang, Jinsong Li, Yaru Lin, Zhengliang Li, Jiangyan Li, Wei Xiong Abstract Background: Early detection and prognostic prediction are crucial in improving the survival of patients with pleural mesothelioma (PM). Therefore, this study aimed to develop a gene prognostic risk model…

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Characteristics of Long-Term Survivors With Peritoneal Mesothelioma – Insights From the National Cancer Database

The American Surgeon 2025 June 17 [Link] Himani Bhatt, Deep P Vakil, Luis Quintero, Monique Motta, Maria Vashchenko, Bettsy Rodriguez, Shenae K Samuels, Kumar Jayant, Jonathan Magloire, Christopher J Gannon, Omar H Llaguna Abstract Introduction: Peritoneal mesothelioma (PM) is a rare cancer associated with high mortality. No studies exist using the National Cancer Database (NCDB)…

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Molecular Insights into Pleural Mesothelioma: Unveiling Pathogenic Mechanisms and Therapeutic Opportunities

Diagnostics (Basel) 2025 May 24 [Link] Teodora Zahiu, Carmen Mihaela Mihu, Bianca A Bosca, Mariana Mărginean, Lavinia Patricia Mocan, Roxana-Adelina Ștefan, Rada Teodora Suflețel, Carina Mihu, Carmen Stanca Melincovici Abstract Pleural mesothelioma (PM) is a rare disease, which is going to be a global medical concern in the 21st century, because of its aggressiveness, late…

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Volatile organic compounds in exhaled human breath for the diagnosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma: a meta-analysis

Frontiers in Oncology 2025 May 28 [Link] Tingting Zhao, Xiao Hu , Minghua Peng, Wei Wei, Ninghua Fu, Chen Chen, Zhenguang Chen Abstract Objective: Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a relatively rare thoracic tumor with a high mortality rate, making early diagnosis and treatment challenging. The present study evaluated the utility of exhaled volatile organic…

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Co-targeting of VEGFR2 and PD-L1 promotes survival and vasculature normalization in pleural mesothelioma

Oncoimmunology 2025 December [Link] Sophie Rovers, Jonas Van Audenaerde, Ruben Verloy, Jorrit De Waele, Louize Brants, Christophe Hermans, Ho Wa Lau, Céline Merlin, Maria Möller Ribas, Peter Ponsaerts, Steven Van Laere, Filip Lardon, An Wouters, Scott A Fisher, Jan van Meerbeeck, Elly Marcq, Evelien Smits Abstract Pleural mesothelioma (PM) is an aggressive cancer caused by…

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KEYNOTE-A17: First-Line Pembrolizumab Plus Cisplatin-Pemetrexed in Japanese Participants With Advanced Pleural Mesothelioma

Cancer Science 2025 May 23 [Link] Takashi Kijima, Terufumi Kato, Yasushi Goto, Kozo Kuribayashi, Koji Mikami, Yoshiki Negi, Shuji Murakami, Tatsuya Yoshida, Masae Homma, Akira Wakana, Kazuo Noguchi, Nobukazu Fujimoto Abstract Pleural mesothelioma (PM) is an inflammatory cancer linked with asbestos exposure and has a poor prognosis. We report results of the phase 1b KEYNOTE-A17…

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