Hormonal Status May Contribute to Sex-Based Survival Differences in Epithelioid Peritoneal Mesothelioma

Annals of Surgical Oncology 2026 March 12 [Link] Kaelyn C Cummins, Olivia Sears, Elio R Bitar, Chengli Shen, Allan Tsung, Samantha M Ruff Abstract Background: Cytoreductive surgery (CRS) with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) is central to treating patients with epithelioid peritoneal mesothelioma (EPM). Male sex is a negative prognostic factor in mesothelioma, but the reasons…

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Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) Evaluation with [11C]-Methionine PET/CT Before and After Talc Pleurodesis

Molecular Imaging and Biology 2026 March 9 [Link] Egesta Lopci, Angelo Castello, Alberto Testori, Emanuele Voulaz, Daoud Rahal 5, Matteo Perrino 6, Alessandro Crepaldi 3, Giorgio Maria Ferraroli 3, Valentina Errico 3, Edoardo Bottoni 3, Marcello Rodari 7, Lorenzo Muraglia 2, Giuseppe Marulli 3 4, Marco Alloisio, Paolo Andrea Zucali Abstract Background: Malignant pleural mesothelioma…

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Germline genetic testing and privacy concerns in patients with mesothelioma

Genetics in Medicine 2026 March 4 [Link] Owen D Mitchell, Abigail P Sneider, Katie Gilliam, Daniela Del Gaudio, Meghana Gaduraju, Soma Das, Feighanne Hathaway, Darren S Bryan, Sanjukta Tawde, Shelly Galasinski, John Novembre, Anya E R Prince, Jane E Churpek, Hedy L Kindler, Michael W Drazer Abstract Purpose: Mesothelioma, a disease overwhelmingly driven by asbestos…

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Enhanced nuclear export caused by O-GlcNAcylation of nucleoporins is a potential therapeutic target in mesothelioma

British Journal of Cancer 2026 May [Link] Satomi Mukai, Tatsuhiro Sato, Yasuhiro Kamei, Kagayaki Kato, Emi Mishiro-Sato, Lisa Kondo-Ida, Norikazu Yabuta, Kenzo Hiroshima, Yoshitaka Sekido Abstract Background: Mesothelioma is an aggressive malignancy with limited therapeutic options. Genetic alterations involving the Hippo pathway are commonly observed. O-GlcNAcylation is frequently elevated in cancer and drives tumour progression.…

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Advancing Rare Cancer Therapeutics: Osimertinib-Loaded Inhaled PLGA Nanoparticles for Mesothelioma Treatment

AAPS PharmSciTech 2026 March 4 [Link] Mural Quadros, Naveen Rajana, Vivek Gupta Abstract Despite advances in mesothelioma treatment, malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) continues to present a poor prognosis due to its aggressive progression and resistance to conventional therapies. Current treatment modalities, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and immunotherapy, offer limited efficacy, with a five-year survival rate…

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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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Medical thoracoscopy with talc poudrage and indwelling pleural catheter insertion versus medical thoracoscopy with talc poudrage alone for patients with symptomatic malignant pleural effusion (TACTIC): a randomised, controlled phase 3 trial

The Lancet. Respiratory Medicine 2026 April [Link] Alexandra Dipper, Anand Sundaralingam, Emma Hedley, Sharada Gudur, Janet Mills, Sandra Sowden, John P Corcoran, Cyrus Daneshvar, Chris Craig, Andrew J Moore, Alice Milne, Amelia Clive, Rahul Bhatnagar, Mark E Roberts, Thapas Nagarajan, Farheen Kutubudin, Helen Wassal, Moustafa Aboushehata, Sana Iftikhar, Mohammed Haris, Manjumol Abraham, Rajini Sudhir, Rakesh…

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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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