An epidemiological and environmental study was carried out in Shubra El-Kheima city, greater Cairo, of the exposure-response relationship between asbestos and malignant pleural mesothelioma. Radiological screening was done for 487 people occupationally exposed to asbestos, 2913 environmentally exposed to asbestos and a control group of 979 with no history of exposure. Pleural biopsy was done fo...

Mesothelioma is the most common malignant primary tumor of the pleura and usually associated with inhalation of asbestos fibers. In contrast, peritoneal mesothelioma is a rare entity whose pathomechanism is not yet fully understood. The coexistence of pleural mesothelioma with secondary involvement of the abdominal cavity has not been addressed in the literature. In this case report, we describ...

Communications to the Editor diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma is not clearly established. For this purpose, a study of needle biopsy pleural specimens of suspected cases of malignant mesothelioma cosnpared to larger tissue samples obtained by surgery from the same patients needs to be done. \Vt’ appreciate Dr. Kwee and Dr. Utama’s interest in our report and thank them for their thought-provo...

BACKGROUND Our purpose was to evaluate the survival of patients with pleural and intraperitoneal malignant mesothelioma and, particularly, to estimate the efficacy of chemotherapy as well as radiotherapy and surgery. A review of the literature with respect to these parameters is included. PATIENTS AND METHODS Thirty-five patients with malignant mesothelioma (28 with pleural and 7 with intrape...

A sbestos is and will remain for decades a major public health problem in many countries: it has been estimated that in Western Europe alone, about 500 000 cancer deaths due to asbestos exposure will occur up to 2029. Apart from being of public health concern, there are some major scientific questions about the health effects of asbestos exposure: What are the specific chemical and morphologica...

The level of hyaluronic acid (HA) was determined in the pleural fluid of 99 patients, including 19 with malignant mesothelioma, 27 with lung cancer, 1 with breast cancer, 1 with mediastinal tumor and 51 with non-malignant diseases. With a cut-off level at 100 micrograms/ml, the pleural fluid concentration of HA was high in 36.8% of patients (7 of 19) with malignant mesothelioma and 1.3% of pati...

UNLABELLED Malignant pleural mesothelioma is a rare tumour. A three-modal strategy, comprising of surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy has been shown to be essential for appropriate management. Current literature evidences the importance of radiation therapy in the adjuvant setting for local control of the disease, as part of a multidisciplinary treatment, with increment of progression-free s...