Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a primary and locally aggressive tumor of the pleura. A well defined causal relationship with asbestos exposure, and an overwhelming media interest in the ...

Chemotherapy with pemetrexed and cisplatin (or carboplatin) has become the preferred first-line treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma based on a randomized Phase III study. Vinorelbine has ...

Clin Lung Cancer. 2010;11(1):30-35. A total of 294 treatment cycles were administered to the 62 patients, with a median number of 6 cycles per patient (range, 1–6 cycles). Of 62 patients, 56 ...

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.