Lung cancer and pleural mesothelioma are often confused, so it’s important to understand the key differences between them, including tumor location and treatments. Lung cancer and pleural mesothelioma ...

The role of surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma encompasses the need for rapid diagnosis, preoperative staging and surgical resection, and also the need for a greater biological understanding ...

Nobody likes to talk or think about cancer, but it’s a serious disease that we should all aim to understand a little better. Better understanding the signs and symptoms of cancer, as well as how to ...

Mesothelioma is a cancer that develops in the thin tissue that lines some internal organs. It most frequently develops in the ...

Dr. Hedy Kindler joins us on the podcast to discuss the latest update to the treatment of pleural mesothelioma guideline. She discusses the latest changes to the updated recommendations across topics ...

Keytruda plus chemo has been approved for unresectable advanced or metastatic malignant pleural mesothelioma based on findings from the KEYNOTE-483 trial. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

Warren Zevon, a brilliant, underappreciated songwriter who was known for his dark humor, will soon be inducted into the Rock ...

Mesotheliomas with pleomorphic features are rare and only a few studies on this mesothelioma variant have been published. Little information regarding the immunoprofile of these tumors and none on ...

Cryopreserved cell-free PE fluid from 101 NSCLC patients, 8 mesothelioma and 13 with benign PE was assayed for a panel of 40 cytokines/chemokines using the Luminex system. Comparing NSCLC PE and ...

The use of fine-needle aspiration or tumor biopsy may be helpful in the diagnosis of MPM; cytopathology can help determine whether a tumor consists of mesothelial tissue. [1] Chest radiography, ...

American Society of Clinical Oncology Provisional Clinical Opinion: Testing for KRAS Gene Mutations in Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Carcinoma to Predict Response to Anti–Epidermal Growth Factor ...