| Literature DB >> 25964522 |
Carl Blomberg1, Jonas Nilsson1, Georg Holgersson2, Per Edlund3, Michael Bergqvist1, Linda Adwall4, Simon Ekman5, Daniel Brattström5, Stefan Bergström6.
Abstract
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare but aggressive malignancy mainly localized to the pleura. Malignant mesothelioma grows highly invasive into surrounding tissue and has a low tendency to metastasize. The median overall survival (OS) of locally advanced or metastatic disease without treatment is 4-13 months but, during recent years, improvement in survival has been achieved since treatment for patients with mesothelioma has improved with better palliative care, systemic medical treatment, surgery and improved diagnostics methods. The present review aims at describing available data from randomized trials considering systemic medical treatment for this patient category. CopyrightEntities:
Keywords: Malignant mesothelioma; randomized trials; review
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25964522
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Anticancer Res ISSN: 0250-7005 Impact factor: 2.480