Medical Oncology

Mesothelioma

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Is there a role for chemotherapy for asymptomatic Well-Differentiated Papillary Mesothelioma or Multicystic mesothelioma?

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How are you choosing between ipilimumab/nivolumab versus platinum/pemetrexed for unresectable epithelioid mesotheliomas?

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How would you counsel a patient regarding possibility of ovarian preservation at time of surgery for malignant mesothelioma initially discovered in a myomectomy specimen and involving peritoneal surfaces?

Patient is 34yo and G0 referred from surgical oncology. Laparoscopic specimens of myoma and what appeared to be adhesions were significant for maligna...

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Is carboplatin/pemetrexed as effective as cisplatin/pem in treatment of unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma in a patient with contraindication to cisplatin?

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Is there evidence of clinical benefit to proceeding with partial pleurectomy / decortication over palliative chemotherapy with BSC (pleurex catheter, pleurodesis) in a patient with mesothelioma who is not a candidate for extra-pleural pneumectomy?

What factors influence your decisions to offer neoadjuvant chemotherapy?

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Papers discussed in this category

Lancet, 2014-09-20

Efficacy and cost of video-assisted thoracoscopic partial pleurectomy versus talc pleurodesis in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MesoVATS): an open-label, randomised, controlled trial.

Lancet, 2021 Jan 21

First-line nivolumab plus ipilimumab in unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma (CheckMate 743): a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial.

Ann Oncol,

Outcomes to first-line pembrolizumab in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer and very high PD-L1 expression.

Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc, 2023 Mar

Mesotheliomas and Benign Mesothelial Tumors: Update on Pathologic and Imaging Findings.

Cancers, 2020 Jun 13

Well-Differentiated Papillary Mesothelioma of the Peritoneum Is Genetically Distinct from Malignant Mesothelioma.

Indian journal of surgical oncology, 2023 May 02

Rare Variants of Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma: a Literature Review.

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