Open AccessFactors predicting poor survival after lung-sparing radical pleurectomy of IMIG stage III malignant pleural mesothelioma
Author(s) -
Servet Bölükbas,
Michael Eberlein,
N Kudelin,
Melanie Demes,
Sonja Stallmann,
Annette FisselerEckhoff,
J. Schirren
Publication year - 2012
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 - 10.1093/ejcts/ezs648
Subject(s) - medicine , pleurectomy , stage (stratigraphy) , proportional hazards model , univariate analysis , hazard ratio , survival analysis , surgery , survival rate , mesothelioma , prospective cohort study , oncology , multivariate analysis , pathology , confidence interval , peritoneal mesothelioma , paleontology , biology
The role of radical pleurectomy (RP) in the management of IMIG stage III in malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) remains controversial. The aim of the study was to investigate the feasibility and outcome as well as to determine factors predicting poor survival.
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