216PD Should radical surgery be performed in non-epithelioid malignant pleural mesothelioma?
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Progress in Radical Surgery for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Aim: Stages I and II malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) can be satisfactorily treated with extended extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP). We modified our diagnostic methods and surgical techniques to improve outcome. Methods: 74 patients were treated with EPP, 33 from 1988 to May 2000 (first group), and 41 from June 2000 to 2010 (second group) and all underwent thoracoscopy without mediastinoscop...
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Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is an aggressive malignancy arising from the mesothelial surfaces of the pleura. Macroscopic complete resection (MCR) seems to have the greatest impact on survival in surgery-based multimodality treatment protocols (1). Depending on the surgical preference and intraoperative findings, extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP) or aggressive radical pleurectomy (RP) or...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Thoracic Oncology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1556-0864
DOI: 10.1016/s1556-0864(18)30489-1