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 ...

We have been seeing an increase in pleurectomy and decortication surgeries to treat mesothelioma. Here's what you need to know about this surgery and treatment. View Transcript [MUSIC PLAYING] 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 ...

[MUSIC PLAYING] The lung-sparing surgery, or operation for mesothelioma, is the pleurectomy/decortication. So there are two types of surgeries for mesothelioma-- the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Trial in progress: Neoadjuvant immune checkpoint blockade in resectable malignant pleural mesothelioma. Phase I study of AMG 757, a half-life extended bispecific T-cell engager (HLE BiTE immune ...

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 ...

The AADR/IADR has chosen a BUSDM research area, "Rapid Orthodontics Following Selective Alveolar Decortication," as one of 15 symposia to be presented at its 2007 annual meeting in New Orleans. Dr.