A Surgical Approach to Malignant Mesothelioma

Research suggests that radical decortication/pleurectomy is the best surgical approach for N2 malignant mesothelioma, according to the DG Dispatch.

The February 2008 report indicates that patients who underwent the more extensive treatment of radical decortication/pleurectomy in attempt to cure stage 3 pure epithelial mesothelioma appear to have significantly better outcomes than patients who had less extensive operations, according to a study presented in Florida at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons 44th Annual Meeting (STS).

"There is no gold standard surgical procedure in stage 3 mesothelioma," said Delphine Trousse, MD, Registrar in Thoracic Surgery, Hôpital Sainte Marguerite, Marseille, France, in a presentation on January 29, reported the Dispatch.

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