• Zentralbl Chir · Jun 2008

    [Multimodal therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma including extrapleural pneumonectomy].

    • W Sienel, A Kirschbaum, and B Passlick.
    • Abteilung Thoraxchirurgie, Chirurgische Universitätsklinik, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg.
    • Zentralbl Chir. 2008 Jun 1; 133 (3): 231-7.

    AbstractMultimodal therapy including neoadjuvant chemotherapy with subsequent extrapleural pneumonectomy and postoperative radiotherapy has been shown to improve the survival of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) if they are selected carefully. Careful patient selection is required in order to administer aggressive multimodal therapy only to patients who will benefit from such a treatment. To achieve an accurate staging (

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