A case of attempted transbronchial spigot insertion for fistulous pyothorax in the residual pleural airspace after pleurectomy/decortication for malignant pleural mesothelioma

Respirology Case Reports 2024 January 24 [Link] Ryo Miyata, Shoichiro Morizono, Tadashi Umehara, Aya Harada-Takeda, Go Kamimura, Masaya Aoki, Toshiyuki Nagata, Kazuhiro Ueda Abstract Pleurectomy/decortication for malignant pleural mesothelioma is a relatively recent surgical approach for which there is a dearth of information on complications, especially in the late postoperative period. A 70-year-old man was…

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Extended pleurectomy/decortication and hyperthermic intraoperative intrapleural cisplatin perfusion for malignant pleural mesothelioma

JTCVS Open 2023 September 14 [Link] Kenichi Okubo, Hironori Ishibashi, Ryo Wakejima, Shunichi Baba, Ayaka Asakawa, Hiroshi Seshima Abstract Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of multimodality treatment including extended pleurectomy/decortication (P/D) and hyperthermic intraoperative chemotherapy (HIOC) with cisplatin for malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), we investigated the pharmacokinetics of platinum, adverse events after HIOC, and survival…

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Long-Term Survival Analysis of Pleural Mesothelioma Patients Undergoing Surgery: Brief Report From a Tertiary Referral Centre

Clinical Lung Cancer 2023 October 24 [Link] Riccardo Orlandi, Giovanni Leuzzi, Luigi Rolli, Michele Ferrari, Alessia Stanzi, Camilla Valsecchi, Ugo Pastorino Abstract Objectives: to date, no consensus has been reached on the surgical gold-standard in pleural mesothelioma (PM). We retrospectively reviewed our experience as a tertiary referral centre, to compare short- and long-term survival of…

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Salvage pleurectomy/decortication following immunotherapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma

Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 2023 November 15 [Link] Masaru Takenaka, Koji Kuroda, Katsuma Yoshimatsu, Masataka Mori, Masatoshi Kanayama, Akihiro Taira, Taiji Kuwata, Fumihiro Tanaka Abstract Salvage surgery following immunotherapy is a promising treatment option for advanced malignant tumour. However, only a few cases of salvage surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) have been reported.…

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Strategies to reduce morbidity following pleurectomy and decortication for malignant pleural mesothelioma

Thoracic Cancer 2023 September [Link] Patrick Bou-Samra, Austin Chang, Kevin Zhang, Feredun Azari, Gregory Kennedy, Emily Guo, Wei-Ting Hwang, Sunil Singhal Abstract Background: Pleurectomy and decortication (PD) in malignant pleural mesothelioma has a high morbidity mostly associated with aspiration pneumonia (PNA), deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and foreign catheter sepsis. We instituted four strategies to reduce…

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Hyperthermic intrathoracic extracorporeal chemotherapy for secondary malignant pleural disease

Journal of Surgical Oncology 2023 September [Link] Daniel L Miller, Christopher S Parks, Brittany Ange, Ioana R Bonta, Patricia T Rich Abstract Objectives: Pleural metastasis has extremely poor prognosis. Resection of pleural implants with infusion of intrathoracic hyperthermic chemotherapy may offer a survival advantage in selected patients. We evaluated the safety and efficacy of hyperthermic…

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Gene fusions during the early evolution of mesothelioma correlate with impaired DNA repair and Hippo pathways

Genes, Chromosomes, & Cancer 2023 July 8 [Link] Maymun Jama, Min Zhang, Charlotte Poile, Apostolos Nakas, Annabel Sharkey, Joanna Dzialo, Alan Dawson, Kudazyi Kutywayo, Dean A Fennell, Edward J Hollox Abstract Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), a rare cancer a long latency period (up to 40 years) between asbestos exposure and disease presentation. The mechanisms coupling…

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Epigenetic investigation into circulating microRNA 197-3p in sera from patients affected by malignant pleural mesothelioma and workers ex-exposed to asbestos

Scientific Reports 2023 April 20 [Link] Giulia Di Mauro, Francesca Frontini, Elena Torreggiani, Maria Rosa Iaquinta, Andrea Caselli, Chiara Mazziotta, Valentina Esposito, Elisa Mazzoni, Roberta Libener, Federica Grosso, Antonio Maconi, Fernanda Martini, Ilaria Bononi, Mauro Tognon Abstract The epigenetic role of microRNAs is established at both physiological and pathological levels. Dysregulated miRNAs and their targets…

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Disparities in Survival Due to Social Determinants of Health and Access to Treatment in US Patients With Operable Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

JAMA Network Open 2023 March 1 [Link] Ahmed Alnajar, Samuel A Kareff, Syed S Razi, J Sunil Rao, Gilberto De Lima Lopes, Dao M Nguyen, Nestor Villamizar, Estelamari Rodriguez Abstract Importance: Outcomes of localized malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) remain poor despite multimodality therapy. It is unclear what role disparities have in the overall survival (OS)…

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