Localised malignant pleural mesothelioma: a separate clinical entity requiring aggressive local surgery☆ | Zendy

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Localised malignant pleural mesothelioma: a separate clinical entity requiring aggressive local surgery☆

Author(s) -

Apostolos Nakas,

Antonio E. Martin-Ucar,

John Edwards,

David Waller

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.09.043

Subject(s) - medicine , mesothelioma , debulking , surgery , pleural disease , lung , biopsy , radical surgery , radiology , pathology , respiratory disease , cancer , ovarian cancer

Localised malignant pleural mesotheliomas are very rare and although there are sporadic reports in the literature showing that they have a different biological behaviour compared to diffuse MPM there is no major series published demonstrating results of surgical treatment. We present our experience in treating these tumours.

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