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BMJ OpenObjectives Mesothelioma is an aggressive cancer predominantly affecting the lung and abdominal linings. It can have a unique impact on mental health and well-being (MHWB) due to its incurability, poor prognosis and asbestos-exposure causation.
Clare Gardiner +5 more
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Changing Pattern in Malignant Mesothelioma Survival
Translational Oncology, 2015 Survival for mesothelioma has been shown to be poor, with marginal improvement over time. Recent advances in the understanding of pathophysiology and treatment of mesothelioma may impact therapy to improve survival that may not be evident from available ...
Jennifer Faig +5 more
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Epidemiological and Prognostic Differences in Malignant Mesothelioma Between Eastern China and SEER Database. [PDF]
Cancer SciFor long years, patients and clinicians in Eastern China used Western data as information foundation for management and treatment of malignant mesothelioma, due to its rarity and lack of deep investigation. This study updated the epidemiological data of malignant mesothelioma in Eastern China, and revealed better survival outcomes compared to Western ...
Li N +7 more
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Oncology Reviews, 2011 Ribonucleases are a superfamily of RNA-cleaving enzymes that can be cytotoxic since the cleavage of RNA makes its information indecipherable. Ranpirnase is a novel ribonuclease which preferentially degrades tRNA, thus leading to an inhibition of protein ...
Luciano Mutti, Giovanni Gaudino
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Mesothelioma in South Africa 3 decades post peak of asbestos production an analysis of a claims database of asbestos ex-miners [PDF]
, 2012 Includes bibliographical references.The peak in production of the three forms of asbestos that were commercially mined in South Africa occurred in the years between 1970 and 1977.
Mothemela, Mokgadi
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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 +7 more
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BAMLET kills chemotherapy-resistant mesothelioma cells, holding oleic acid in an activated cytotoxic state. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Malignant pleural mesothelioma is an aggressive cancer with poor prognosis. Here we have investigated in vitro efficacy of BAMLET and BLAGLET complexes (anti-cancer complexes consisting of oleic acid and bovine α-lactalbumin or β-lactoglobulin ...
Emma M Rath +13 more
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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 +2 more
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Mesothelioma of childhood [PDF]
Cancer, 1988 Malignant mesothelioma (MM) of childhood is a rare but important neoplasm. Eighty children with a previous diagnosis of MM were identified. Four of the 80 children had exposure to known risk factors (two had history of exposure to asbestos, one had received radiation therapy, and one had been exposed in utero to isoniazid). Tissue slides were available
A E, Fraire +4 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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