Role of conservative (palliative) care-only in the management of advanced malignant pleural mesothelioma.

Despite new aggressive therapeutical options for advanced malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), benefits to survival remain limited. Moreover, deleterious effects of high-dose chemotherapy and aggressive surgery are well-known. Outcomes of untreated patients are usually not reported, and whether a treatment can be delayed or avoided is still an open question. We discuss here two clinical cases and with conservative (palliative) management alone for advanced MPM [corrected].