(Singapore, September 11, 2023, 10:05 a.m. SGT) – Extended pleurectomy decortication combined with chemotherapy is associated with worse survival outcomes, a higher incidence of serious adverse events ...

Sugarbaker DJ, Bueno R, Krasna MJ, Mentzer SJ, Zellos L (eds). Adult Chest Surgery. New York: The McGraw-Hill Company, 2009. Sugarbaker DJ, Norberto JJ, Swanson SJ. Surgical staging and work-up of ...

DENVER – Patients with early stage malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), a cancer that develops in the lining of the lungs, may be eligible for aggressive multi-modality therapy involving surgery, ...

Extended pleurectomy decortication combined with chemotherapy is associated with worse survival outcomes, a higher incidence of serious adverse events, and a diminished quality of life compared to ...

Empyema is a condition that affects the space between the outermost layer of the lungs and the inner lining of the chest wall, known as the pleural space. Symptoms can include fever, chest pain, ...

Many mesothelioma patients avoid surgery for fear it will degrade their quality of life. But a study has found just the opposite: Patients who underwent an operation called pleurectomy and ...

A multicenter phase 2 trial of neo-adjuvant pemetrexed plus cisplatin (PC) followed by extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP) and radiation (RT) for malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) No significant ...

Neoadjuvant and adjuvant capmatinib in resectable non–small cell lung cancer with MET exon 14 skipping mutation or high MET amplification: GEOMETRY-N trial. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the ...

The research, published this month in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, offers a modern, data-driven counterpoint to the widely debated Mesothelioma and Radical Surgery 2 (MARS2) trial, which raised ...

The role of surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma encompasses the need for rapid diagnosis, preoperative staging and surgical resection, and also the need for a greater biological understanding ...