Induction of metallothionein expression by supplementation of zinc induces resistance against platinum-based treatment in malignant pleural mesothelioma

Translational Cancer Research 2023 August 31 [Link] Martine Wyrich, Henning Ohlig, Michael Wessolly, Elena Mairinger, Julia Steinborn, Luka Brcic, Balazs Hegedus, Thomas Hager, Kristina Greimelmaier, Jeremias Wohlschlaeger, Fabian D Mairinger, Sabrina Borchert Abstract Background: Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is an aggressive tumor with a dismal prognosis. Currently, multimodality treatment including chemotherapy with cisplatin or carboplatin…

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Cost Effectiveness and Budget Impact of Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab Versus Platinum Plus Pemetrexed (with and Without Bevacizumab) in Patients with Unresectable Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma in Switzerland

Pharmacoeconomics 2023 August 12 [Link] Michaela Carla Barbier, Alicia Fengler, Esther Pardo, Arjun Bhadhuri, Niklaus Meier, Oliver Gautschi Abstract Background: Malignant pleural mesotheliomas (MPMs) are aggressive and often unresectable. In the past, chemotherapy was the standard for palliative treatment. However, immunotherapy with nivolumab+ipilimumab has recently received marketing approval. Objectives: This study evaluated the cost effectiveness…

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Unusually Aggressive Presentation of Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma: Two Case Reports

Case Reports in Oncology 2022 November 8 [Link] Dominik Neff, Barbara-Christina Padberg Sgier, Hannah Dietze, Joachim Müller, Martin Früh Abstract Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma is a rare disease. Patients mainly present with abdominal distension, pain, nausea, and weight loss with or without an exposure history of asbestos. Diagnosis may be difficult from a clinical and histopathologic…

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Management of Advanced Pleural Mesothelioma-At the Crossroads

JCO Oncology Practice 2021 September 7 [Link] Anna K Nowak, Alannah Jackson, Calvin Sidhu Abstract The management of pleural mesothelioma has changed with the demonstration that first-line checkpoint blockade therapy improves survival. This review covers issues of relevance to the practicing medical oncologist, with an emphasis on the palliative setting and on new information. Until…

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Malignant mesothelioma without asbestos exposure diagnosed during EGFR-TKI treatment of lung adenocarcinoma: A case report

Cancer Treatment and Research Communications 2021 February 24 [Link] Xiaomin Niu, Chenglei Zhou, Aiyan Hu, Lingzi Su, Dan Lin, Hui Han, Yan Lu Abstract Synchronous malignant mesothelioma (MM) and lung carcinoma are extremely rare in patients without a history of asbestos exposure and poses tremendous difficulties in clinical management. We report a patient without asbestos…

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First-line nivolumab plus ipilimumab in unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma (CheckMate 743): a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial

Lancet 2021 January 21 [Link] Paul Baas, Arnaud Scherpereel, Anna K Nowak, Nobukazu Fujimoto, Solange Peters, Anne S Tsao, Aaron S Mansfield, Sanjay Popat, Thierry Jahan, Scott Antonia, Youssef Oulkhouir, Yolanda Bautista, Robin Cornelissen, Laurent Greillier, Francesco Grossi, Dariusz Kowalski, Jerónimo Rodríguez-Cid, Praveen Aanur, Abderrahim Oukessou, Christine Baudelet, Gérard Zalcman Abstract Background: Approved systemic treatments…

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The Impact on Outcome by Adding Bevacizumab to Standard Induction Chemotherapy Prior to Mesothelioma Surgery: A Retrospective Single Center Analysis

Frontiers in Oncology 2020 November 13 [Link] Olivia Lauk, Karina Bruestle, Thomas Neuer, Bianca Battilana, Thi Dan Linh Nguyen, Thomas Frauenfelder, Rolf Stahel, Walter Weder, Alessandra Curioni-Fontecedro, Isabelle Opitz Abstract Objectives: Adding bevacizumab, an anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF), to platinum-based chemotherapy/pemetrexed in 1st line treatment of advanced malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), significantly improved overall…

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Durvalumab with first-line chemotherapy in previously untreated malignant pleural mesothelioma (DREAM): a multicentre, single-arm, phase 2 trial with a safety run-in

The Lancet Oncology 2020 September [Link] Anna K Nowak, W Joost Lesterhuis, Peey-Sei Kok, Chris Brown, Brett Gm Hughes, Deme J Karikios, Thomas John, Steven C-H Kao, Connull Leslie, Alistair M Cook, Nick Pavlakis, Karen Briscoe, Kenneth J O’Byrne, Christos S Karapetis, Wei-Sen Lam, Ailsa Langford, Sonia Yip, Martin R Stockler Abstract Background: There is…

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Randomized Study of Maintenance Pemetrexed Versus Observation for Treatment of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: CALGB 30901

Clinical Lung Cancer 2020 July 3 [Link] Arkadiusz Z Dudek, Xiaofei Wang, Lin Gu, Stephanie Duong, Thomas E Stinchcombe, Robert Kratzke, Hossein Borghaei, Everett E Vokes, Hedy L Kindler Abstract Background: The role of maintenance therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is unknown. We performed a randomized phase II trial to determine if continuation of…

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Impressive clinical response to anti-PD-1 therapy in epithelioid mesothelioma with high clonal PD-L1 expression and EML4-ALK rearrangement.

Lung Cancer 2020 February 14 [Link] Bronte G, Delmonte A, Burgio MA, Verlicchi A, Puccetti M, Bravaccini S, Cravero P, Tumedei MM, Diano D, Rossi G, Ulivi P, Martinelli G, Crinò L Abstract OBJECTIVES: Treatment options for malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) are limited but some studies on immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in MPM have reported…

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