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Surgery may be considered for the alleviation of symptoms, the control of pleural effusions ... have improved cytotoxic activity against mesothelioma. Although some chemotherapeutic regimens ...

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Mesothelioma is a cancer that develops in the thin tissue that lines some internal organs. It most frequently develops in the pleura, the tissue lining the chest cavity and lungs. It can also form ...

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New York: The McGraw-Hill Company, 2009. Sugarbaker DJ, Norberto JJ, Swanson SJ. Surgical staging and work-up of patients with diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.

You can see details of the main clinical trial on the UCL website. HIT-Meso aims to find out how well a new therapy, called Proton Beam Therapy, can be used to treat pleural mesothelioma patients.

Treatment approaches for MPM include surgery, radiation, and systemic chemotherapy. MPM carries a poor prognosis, but recent studies of pemetrexed and platinum analogue combination therapies have ...