Malignant mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis testis: A case report

Oncology Letters 2026 March 4 [Link] Yuanchen Lu, Junjun Miu, Zhongru Fan, Zheng Zhi, Lei He, Junpeng Deng, Xianhua Shao, Jingqi Hua, Yichen Qian, Jianjun Xie Abstract Malignant mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis testis (MMTVT) is a rare pathological entity. The present report describes the case of a patient who presented with insidious-onset right lower…

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Effects of Autophagy Inhibition by SAR405, a Selective VPS34 Inhibitor, on Pleural Mesothelioma Cells

Thoracic Cancer 2026 March [Link] Yoshiki Kuwabara, Kosuke Sakai, Kota Shiraishi, Itsuka Matsumoto, Shigeru Ishii, Shin Yokosuka, Masatoshi Abe, Tomoyuki Takahashi, Yuichiro Kawano, Hiroaki Nishimura, Maiko Toda-Sasaki, Yumiko Kobayashi-Ogawa, Satoshi Kikuchi 1, Yusuke Hirata 1, Hiroyuki Kyoyama, Gaku Moriyama, Nobuyuki Koyama, Kazutsugu Uematsu Abstract Background: Pleural mesothelioma is a highly aggressive malignancy with a poor…

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Targeting fatty acid synthase suppresses tumor development in NF2/CDKN2A-deficient pleural mesothelioma

Cell Death & Disease 2026 February 28 [Link] Sivasundaram Karnan, Akinobu Ota, Muhammad Nazmul Hasan, Hideki Murakami, Md Lutfur Rahman, Md Wahiduzzaman, Md Towhid Ahmed Shihan, Nushrat Jahan, Lam Quang Vu, Ichiro Hanamura, Akihito Inoko, Miho Riku, Hideaki Ito, Yoshifumi Kaneko, Yinzhi Lin, Toshinori Hyodo, Hiroyuki Konishi, Shinobu Tsuzuki, Yoshitaka Hosokawa Abstract Pleural mesothelioma (PM)…

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Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: Efficacy, Real-World Outcomes, and the Search for Predictive Biomarkers

Current Oncology 2026 February 3 [Link] Giusi Bondì, Serafina Martella, Dimitrios Stylianakis, Alberto Terminella, Filippo Lococo, Alessia Ciarrocchi, Alfonso Fiorelli, Giacomo Cusumano Abstract Immunotherapy has significantly reshaped the management of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), offering new therapeutic opportunities after decades in which platinum-pemetrexed chemotherapy represented the only systemic option. However, clinical benefit remains markedly heterogeneous,…

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Analysis on the efficacy and safety of chemotherapy combined with or without bevacizumab after CRS+HIPEC in patients with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma: a single-center retrospective study

Frontiers in Oncology 2026 February 3 [Link] Zhi-Ran Yang, Xin-Li Liang, Xin-Bao Li, Xin-Jing Zhang, He-Liang Wu, Yan-Dong Su, Yan Li, Song-Lin An Abstract Objective: To investigate the efficacy and safety of pemetrexed/platinum-based chemotherapy combined with or without bevacizumab after cytoreductive surgery (CRS) with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in the treatment of patients with malignant…

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Optimising response to immunotherapies in pleural mesothelioma: clinical data and alternative models for the evaluation of new strategies

Thorax 2026 February 17 [Link] Christophe Blanquart, Arnaud Scherpereel Abstract Background: Pleural mesothelioma (PM) is a rare tumour, usually associated with previous asbestos exposure. Standard frontline, pemetrexed/platinum-based chemotherapy has been challenged since 2020 by dual immunotherapy, that is, anti-programmed cell death-1 (anti-PD-1) + anti-cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 immune checkpoint inhibitors and recently by combination of…

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SATB2 Induces Malignant Transformation and Cancer Stem Cell Characteristics, and Inhibition of Its Expression Reverses Drug Resistance in Mesothelioma

Cells 2026 February 2 [Link] Cynthia Brown, Shivam Srivastava, Rohit Srivastava, Rashmi Srivastava, Jason Morvant, Anju Shrivastava, Rakesh K Srivastava Abstract SATB2 (special AT-rich binding protein 2) functions as a chromatin-associated epigenetic regulator that modulates gene expression, in part by serving as a transcriptional cofactor. This study assessed whether SATB2 overexpression is sufficient to promote…

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Validation of chemoresistance phenotypes in pleural mesothelioma across 2D, 3D, and in vivo models

Scientific Reports 2026 February 11 [Link] Huaikai Shi, Sakthi Priya Selvamani, Richard Zelei, Ling Zhuang, Dongwei Wang, Ben Johnson, Vivek Dharwal, Duo Xu, Yiwei Wang, Tristan Rutland, Sonja Klebe, Steven Kao, Anthony Linton, Elham Hosseini-Beheshti, Yuen Yee Cheng Abstract Pleural mesothelioma (PM) is a highly aggressive cancer with limited treatment efficacy and poor prognosis. Conventional…

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Neoadjuvant Pressurized Intraperitoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy for Conversion to Cytoreductive Surgery in Unresectable Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma: A Report of 2 Cases

The American Journal of Case Reports 2026 February [Link] Arnaldo Urbano-Ruiz, Bruna Latronico Palma, Ronaldo Elias Carnut Rego, Daniel Bianqui Guaraldo da Silva, Bianca Fava, Erlan Araujo Falcão , Michelle Louise Rodrigues Barbosa da Silva, Julia Rodrigues Leandro Uliano Abstract BACKGROUND Peritoneal mesothelioma (PM) is the second most common presentation site of malignant mesothelioma. The…

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