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Malignant Mesothelioma [PDF]

, 2012
This book brings together the knowledge of eminent experts in the field of malignant mesothelioma, a highly invasive tumor of mesothelium that is the protective lining covering several body cavities.

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Extra-pleural pneumonectomy versus no extra-pleural pneumonectomy for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma: clinical outcomes of the Mesothelioma and Radical Surgery (MARS) randomised feasibility study. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: The effects of extra-pleural pneumonectomy (EPP) on survival and quality of life in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma have, to our knowledge, not been assessed in a randomised trial.
Loic Lang-Lazdunski, Lang-Lazdunski, Loic, Peto, Julian, Edwards, John, Michael Snee, Landau, David, David Waller, O'Byrne, Ken, MARS trialists, O'Byrne, Kenneth J., Tan, Carol, ?, ?, Liz Darlison, Kilburn, Lucy S, Mary O'Brien, Spicer, James; id_orcid, Waller, David, Darlison, Liz, Gill Coombes, Judith M Bliss, Suresh Senan, James Entwisle, Kilburn, Lucy S., Ken O'Byrne, Carol Tan, Bliss, Judith M., Treasure, Tom, Snee, Michael, O'Brien, Mary, Lucy S Kilburn, Tom Treasure, Bliss, Judith M, Entwisle, James, John Edwards, David Landau, Senan, Suresh, James Spicer, Coombes, Gill, Gill Thomas, Spicer, James, Julian Peto, Thomas, Gill   +41 more
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Bilateral diffuse pulmonary infiltrates secondary to malignant peritoneal mesothelioma – A rare clinical presentation

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2019
Diffuse pulmonary metastasis secondary to primary peritoneal malignant mesothelioma is rarely reported in the literature. In this report we describe a 59-year-old Caucasian women with no known previous asbestos exposure presenting with bilateral diffuse ...
Madeleine Haygarth, Kyi Kyi Zaw, Victoria Yachmenikova, Adrian M.J. Pokorny, Kin Keung Kwong, Subash S. Heraganahally   +5 more
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Malignant mesothelioma

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 2013
Malignant Mesothelioma (MM) is a rare but rapidly fatal and aggressive tumor of the pleura and peritoneum with limited knowledge of its natural history. The incidence has increased in the past two decades but still it is a rare tumor. Etiology of all forms of mesothelioma is strongly associated with industrial pollutants, of which asbestos is the ...
Ishtiaq, Ahmed, Salman, Ahmed Tipu, Sundas, Ishtiaq   +2 more
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Malignant Peritoneum Mesothelioma with Hepatic Involvement: A Single Institution Experience in 5 Patients and Review of the Literature

Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2016
Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma with invasion of the liver is an invariably fatal disease. We aimed to clarify the characteristics of malignant peritoneal mesothelioma cases with liver involvement. The clinical presentation, computed tomography images,
Shan-shan Su, Guo-qi Zheng, Ya-gang Liu, Yue-feng Chen, Zhao-wei Song, Shu-jing Yu, Ning-ning Sun, Yu-xin Yang   +7 more
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Multiple malignant epithelioid mesotheliomas of the liver and greater omentum: a case report and review of the literature

Surgical Case Reports, 2017
Background Malignant mesothelioma commonly arises from the pleura, but can also arise from the peritoneum, pericardium, and tunica vaginalis testis.
Koji Minami, Hiroshi Okumura, Kiyokazu Hiwatashi, Sumika Matsukita, Tetsuro Setoyama, Kota Minamimagari, Yusuke Tsuruta, Ichiro Kanetsuki, Yoshito Ogura, Shigeho Maenohara, Shoji Natsugoe   +10 more
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Ocular melanoma in a patient successfully treated for diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma: a case report

World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2012
Background Diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma and ocular melanoma are both rare tumors. To the best of our knowledge there is only one previous report of three cases in a family with known susceptibility to malignancies associating diffuse ...
Langlais Sara, Velazquez-Martin Juan, Dubé Pierre, Simpson Ernest, Leblanc Guy, Sideris Lucas   +5 more
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Single-center retrospective analysis of peritoneal mesothelioma [PDF]

Jichu yixue yu linchuang
Objective To explore the diagnosis and treatment experience of malignant peritoneal mesothelioma by analyzing the clinical characteristics of patients with single center peritoneal mesothelioma.
LIU Qi, NIE Muwen, ZHANG Jingqi, LI Ningning, ZHAO Lin
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Malignant pleural mesothelioma [PDF]

Annals of Oncology, 1998
The incidence of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) has risen for some decades and is expected to peak between 2010 and 2020. Up to now, no single treatment has been proven to be effective and death usually occurs within about 12-17 months after diagnosis. Perhaps because of this poor prognosis, early screening has incited little interest.
P, Baas, H, Schouwink, F A, Zoetmulder
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Identification of miRNA-103 in the cellular fraction of human peripheral blood as a potential biomarker for malignant mesothelioma--a pilot study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
BACKGROUND:To date, no biomarkers with reasonable sensitivity and specificity for the early detection of malignant mesothelioma have been described.
Daniel G Weber, Georg Johnen, Oleksandr Bryk, Karl-Heinz Jöckel, Thomas Brüning   +4 more
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