Open AccessThe role of volumetric method in the assessment of chemotherapy response and predicting survival in malignant pleural mesothelioma
Author(s) -
Furkan Ertürk Urfalı,
Selma Metintaş,
Atila Gürgen,
Güntülü Ak,
Ragıp Özkan,
Muzaffer Metintaş
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_217_19
Subject(s) - medicine , response evaluation criteria in solid tumors , progressive disease , chemotherapy , oncology , cutoff , survival analysis , mesothelioma , radiology , log rank test , nuclear medicine , pathology , physics , quantum mechanics
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a pleural tumor with high mortality rate and short-term survival expectancy after diagnosis. Assessment of the response to chemotherapy, which is the first choice in treatment of MPM, is important for the transition to alternative chemotherapy protocols and immunotherapy. There is no clarity in the response to chemotherapy treatment.