Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma Publication - China

This is an abstract of an article about Mesothelioma published at PubMed by the NIH.

Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi. 2004 Oct;26(10):631-3.

[Diagnosis and treatment of 41 patients with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma]

Zhang ZG, Hao XS.

Department of General Surgery, Tumor Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300060, China. doctorchina@eyou.com

OBJECTIVE: To study the methods of diagnosis and treatment of malignant peritoneal mesothelioma. METHODS: The clinical data of 41 patients with malignant peritoneal mesothelioma pathologically confirmed were retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS: Of these 41 patients, abdominal pain and diarrhea were found in 38 and 35. The histopathologic types were: epitheloid, fusiform and mixed in 21, 11 and 9 cases. CT was performed in 21 and laparoscopic exploration in 13. The overall surgical resection rate was 70.7%. After operation, local abdominal cavity chemotherapeutic instillation was given in 12, systemic chemotherapy in 23 and immunotherapy in 3. The two year survival rate was 36.6%. CONCLUSION: For malignant peritoneal mesothelioma, the final diagnosis depends on histological examination and the treatment should be surgical-core combined methods.

PMID: 15634530 [PubMed - in process]