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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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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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The expected burden of mesothelioma mortality in Great Britain from 2002 to 2050 [PDF]

, 2005
The British mesothelioma register contains all deaths from 1968 to 2001 where mesothelioma was mentioned on the death certificate. These data were used to predict the future burden of mesothelioma mortality in Great Britain.
McElvenny, D, J T Hodgson, Peto, J, McElvenny, Damien, J Peto, Hodgson, John, Price, MJ, A J Darnton, Hodgson, JT, D M McElvenny, McElvenny, DM, Darnton, AJ, Price, Malcolm; id_orcid, M J Price   +13 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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Extraperitoneal parastomal metastasis of malignant peritoneal mesothelioma

, 2021
A 75-year-old man was referred to surgical outpatient department with what was thought to be a parastomal hernia. Through further investigations with CT and biopsy, it was identified that the parastomal mass was metastatic peritoneal mesothelioma in the ...
Ho, YM, Ruhnke, M, Hoff, J, Castrisos, G
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Epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of the malignant pleural mesothelioma, a narrative review of literature. [PDF]

, 2021
The malignant pleural mesothelioma is a very aggressive tumor which is arising from mesothelial cells and is associated with asbestos exposure. It is a heterogeneous cancer that shows a complex pattern of molecular changes, including genetic, chromosomic,
Schumann, Sven Oliver, Kocher, Gregor, Minervini, Fabrizio   +2 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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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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Estimating the asbestos-related lung cancer burden from mesothelioma mortality. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Quantifying the asbestos-related lung cancer burden is difficult in the presence of this disease's multiple causes. We explore two methods to estimate this burden using mesothelioma deaths as a proxy for asbestos exposure.
Byrnes, G, Byrnes, G., G Byrnes, P Boffetta, Peto, J, J Peto, McCormack, V, Straif, K, Boffetta, P, V McCormack, McCormack, V., Straif, K., K Straif, Peto, J., Boffetta, P.   +14 more
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